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ROTESTANT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH 


IN    TIIK    (late) 


CONFEDERATE  STATES  OF  AMERICA, 


St.  Paul's  Church,  Augusta,  Ga., 


TiiK  Sth,  Dm  ANu  10th  of  Nov.,  ix  the  Year  of  oir  Lord,  ISO." 


AUGUSTA,  GA. :  d) 

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ORDER 

OF     THE 

SECRETARY   OF   THE   HOUSE   OF  DEPUTIES. 


Section  I. — A  Secretary  shall  be  chosen  at  every  General  Council, 
by  ballot,  by  a  majority  of  the  voters,  after  viva  voce  nominations.  If 
but  one  person  is  nominated,  the  balloting  shall  be  dispensed  with. 
The  Secretary  shall  continue  in  office  until  the  meeting  of  the  next 
General  Council,  and  until  his  successor  is  chosen.  He  shall  attend  at 
the  time  and  place  appointed  for  the  meeting  of  the  General  Council ; 
shall  receive  the  testimonials  of  those  who  shall  there  attend  as  mem- 
bers of  the  House  of  Deputies  ;  shall  record  the  names  of  those  who 
present  testimonials ;  and  when  such  list  is  made,  shall  take  the  votes 
of  those  named  in  it  for  a  Tresidcnt.  The  insertion,  by  the  Secretary, 
in  the  list  so  made  by  him,  of  the  name  of  any  person  who  has  pre- 
sented a  testimonial  of  his  appointment  as  a  Deputy,  shall  be  prima 
facie  evidence  of  the  right  of  such  person  to  a  seat ;  but  as  soon  as  the 
House  is  duty  organized,  a  Committee  on  Elections  shall  be  appointed, 
to  whom  the  testimonials  of  all  those  claiming  to  be  members  shall  be 
referred. 

The  Secretary  shall  keep  full  minutes  of  the  proceedings  of  the  House  ; 
transcribe  them  with  all  Keports  into  a  book  provided  for  that  purpose ; 
preserve  the  Journal  and  Records  of  the  House  ;  deliver  them  to  hig 
successor,  and  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  directed  or  assigned 
to  him  by  the  House.  He  may,  with  the  approbation  of  the  House, 
appoint  an  Assistant  Secretary.  If,  during  the  recess  of  the  General 
Council,  a  vacancy  should  occur  in  the  office  of  Secretary,  the  duties 
thereof  shall  devolve  upon  the  Assistant  Secretary,  if  there  be  one ;  if 
not,  or  if  the  Assistant  Secretary  shall  die  or  resign,  a  Secretary  shall 
be  appointed  by  the  Standing  Committee  of  the  Diocese  in  which  the 
next  General  Council  is  to  meet. 

Section  II.— In  order  to  aid  the  Secretary  in  preparing  the  list  speci- 
fied in  the  preceding  section,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  the 
Council  of  every  Diocese,  to  forward  to  him,  as  soon  as  may  be  prac- 
ticable, a  copy  of  the  Journal  of  the  Diocesan  Council,  together  with  a 
certified  copy  of  the  testimonials  of  members  aforesaid. 


JOURNAL 


dF  THX 


P  R  0  C  E  E.D.IJG  S' 


OF  THI 


GENERAL    COFNCIIi 


OF  THE 


PROTESTAIT  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH 


IN  THE   (L-A-TE) 


CONFEDERATE  STATES  OF  AMERICA, 


St.  Paul's  Church,  Augusta,  Ga., 


The  8th*  9th  and  10th  of  Nov.,  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord,  1865. 


AUGUSTA,  GA. : 

3.    a.    PUQHB,   BOOK    &   JOB    PRINTER,   CORNER   BBOAD   &   MCINTOSH  8TRBBTS. 

1866. 


JOUENAL 

OP    THE 

HOUSE    OF    DEPUTIES. 


:pirst   r>.A."2"»s    sessioist, 

Augusta,  Ga.,  Nov.  8th,  1865. 

This  being  the  time  and  place  appointed  for  the  Second 
Triennial  Meeting  of  the  General  Council  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  in  the  (late)  Confederate  States,  the 
opening  Services  were  held  in  St.  Paul's  Church. 

Morning  Prayer  was  read  by  the  Rev.  Paul  Trapier,  of 
the  Diocese  of  South  Carolina,  and  the  Rev.  C.  P.  McRae,  of 
the  Diocese  of  Georgia,  the  Right  Rev.  Stephen  Elliott, 
D.  D.,  the  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  Georgia  and  Presiding 
Bishop,  pronouncing  the  Declaration  of  Absolution. 

The  107th  of  the  Psalms  in  metre  was  announced  by  the 
Rev.  W.  H.  Clarke,  of  Georgia,  and  sung  by  the  choir  and 
congregation.  The  Right  Rev.  R.  H.  Wilmer,  D.  D.,  Bishop 
of  the  Diocese  of  Alabama,  proceeded  with  the  Ante-Com- 
munion service;  the  Right  Rev.  W.  M.  Green,  D.  D.,  Bishop 
of  the  Diocese  of  Mississippi,  reading  the  Epistle,  and  the 
Right  Rev.  John  Johns,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  Vir- 
ginia, the  Gospel. 

The  Holy  Communion  was  administered  by  the  Presiding 
Bishop,  assisted  by  the  Right  Rev.  Drs.  John&,  Green  and 
Wilmer. 

After  Divine  Service,  the  testimonials  of  members  elect  of 


237008 


6  JOURNAL    OF  THE    GENERAL    COUNCIL.  [ist  Day 

the  Ilouse  o^  Depaii^s  were  i*eceived  by  the  Rev.  JohD  M. 
Mitchell,  Secretory  of  tbe ,  Ito.il8b  of  Deputies  of  the  last 
General  Coui;ci;l,  and;  th>3  Koll  called  by  him  accordintr  to 
the  following,  list"  of /Pepwti^&,  tO-wit : 


•VIRGIlSriuA.. 


CLERICAL. 

Rev.  Charles  W.  Andrews,  D.  D. 
Rev.  Philip  Slaughter, 
Rev.  George  H.  Norton. 

Alternafes. 
Rev.  Joshua  Peterkin,  D.  D. 
Rev.  Charles  Minnegerode,  D.  D. 
Rev.  William  Sparrow,  D.  D. 


LAT. 

Mr.  Philip  TVilliams. 
Mr.  N.  H.  Massie. 
Mr.  N.  B.  Meade. 

Alfernaiea. 
Mr.  Hugh  Pendleton. 
Mr.  James  Gait. 
Mr.  David  Funsten. 


SOTJTII     C-AwROI-.I3Sr-A.. 


CLKRICAL. 

Rev.  C.  Hanckel,  D.  D. 
Rev.  Paul  Trapier. 
Rev.  C.  C.  Pinckney. 

Alternates. 
Rev.  P.  J.  Shand. 
Rev.  C.  P.  Gadsden. 
Rev.  J.  S.  Kidney. 


LAT. 

Mr.  J.  K-  Sass. 

Mr.  Edward  McCrady. 

Mr.  J.  J.  Pringle  Smith. 

Alternates. 
Mr.  George  A.  Trenholm. 
Mr.  John  A.  Calhoun. 
Mr.  H.  D.  Lesosne. 


OEORGHA.. 


CLERICAL. 

Rev.  Cameron  F.  McRae. 
Rev.  W.  H.  Harison. 
Rev.  John  D.  Easter. 

Alternates. 
Rev.  Charles  H.  Coley. 
Rev.  W.  II.  Clarke. 
Rev.  H.  K.  Rees. 


LAT. 

Mr.  L.  N.  Whittle. 
Mr.  Charles  J.  Jenkins, 
Mr.  George  A.  Gordon. 
Alternates. 
Mr.  Daniel  Griffin. 
Dr.  R.  D.  Moore. 
Mr.  P.  M.  Nightingale. 


j^i-,jf^:HJi>^is^j^. 


CLERICAL. 

Rev.  J.  M.  Banister. 
Rev.  H.  N,  Pierce,  D.  D. 
R«T.  J.  M.  Mitchell. 

Alternates. 
Rev.  R.  A.  Cobb. 
Rev.  W.  A.  Stickney. 
R«T.  J.  A.  MasEey,  D.  D. 


LAT. 

Mr.  S.  G.  Jones. 
Mr.  John  D.  Phelan. 
Mr.  W.  P.  Bocock. 

AUem<U»».^ 
Mr.  W.  G.  Jones. 
Mr.    A.  Benners. 
Mr.  A.  R.  Bell. 


1865]  HOUSE    OF   DEPUTIES. 


I^ISSISSII'I^I. 


CLEniCAL. 

Rev.  W.  C.  Crane. 
Rev.  T.  S.  Savage. 
Rev.  J.  T.  Pickett. 

Alternates. 
Rev.  B.  M.  Miller. 
Rev.  Benjamin  Ilalsted. 
Rev.  W.  k.  Douglas. 


LAY. 

Mr.  William  MeWillia. 
Mr.  llicbard  Evans. 
Mr.  T.  C.  Tupper. 

KltervateH. 
Mr.  William  Hemingway. 
Mr.  T.  E.  B.  Pegues. 
Mr.  John  Duncan." 


The  following  answered  to  their  names,  to-wit : 

CLERICAL    DEPUTIES. 

Virginia.— 'Kqy,  C.  W.  Andrews,  D.  D.;  Rev.  Philip  Slaughter;  Rev.  George 
H.  Norton. 

South  Carolina.— Rev.  Paul  Trapicr;  Rev.  C.  C.  Pinckney. 

Georgia. — Rev.  Cameron  F.  McRae  ;  Rev.  Jahn  D.  Easter  j  Rev.  William  H; 
€larke. 

Alabama.— Hey.  J.  M.  Banister ;  Rev.  Henry  N.  Pierce,  D.  D.  j  Rev.  John 
M.  Mitchell. 

Mississippi. — Rev.  J.  T.  Pickett. 


LAY    DEPUTIES. 

Virginia.— Mr.  N.  H.  Massie ;  Mr.  N.  B.  Meade ;  Mr.  Hugh  Pendleton. 
Georgia. — Dr.  R.  D.  Moore. 
Alabama. — Mr.  John  D.  Phelan. 

Eepresentations  from  a  majority  of  the  Dioceses  compos, 
ing  the  General  Council  being  found  present,  and  the  Secre- 
tary having  taken  the  votes  of  the  Deputies,  the  Kev.  Philip 
Slaughter,  of  the  Diocese  of  Virginia,  was  declared  duly  and 
unanimously  elected  President  of  the  House  of  Deputies. 

The  Kev.  Mr.  Slaughter  having  declined  to  preside  because 
of  physical  disability,  the  Eev.  C.  C.  Pinckney,  of  the  Dio- 
cese of  South  Carolina,  was  then  elected,  also  unanimously, 
and  was  conducted  to  the  Chair  by  the  Rev.  P.  Slaughter 
and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Trapier. 

The  Rev.  J.  M.  Mitchell,  of  Alabama,  was  then  elected 
Secretary,  viva  voce,  there  being  no  other  nominee,  and,  with 


8  JOURNAL    OF    THE  GENERAL   COUNCIL.  [ist  Day 

the  approbation  of  the  House,  appointed  the  Eev.  J.   T. 
Pickett,  of  Mississippi,  Assistant  Secretary. 

On  motion  : 

Retolvcd,  That  the  Rev.  W.  H.  Clarke  be  a  Committee  to  inform  the  House  of 
Bishops  that  the  House  of  Deputies  has  organized  by  the  ©lection  of  the  Rev. 
C.  C.  Pinckney,  President,  and  the  Rev.  J.  M.  Mitchell,  Secretary. 

The  following  message  was  received  from  the  House  of 
Bishops : 

[Message  No.  1.] 

The  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  Deputies  that  it  has  organized, 
and  elected  the  Rev.  W.  H.  Hanson,  of  Georgia,  Secretary. 

On  motion,  the  President  appointed  the  Eev.  Messrs. 
Trapier  and  Slaughter  a  Committee  to  examine  the  cre- 
dentials of  the  Deputies-elect. 

The  Committee  having  attended  to  the  duty  assigned  to 
them,  reported,  that  the  credentials  referred  to  them  were 
all  in  due  form,  and  duly  attested  the  election  of  the  Depu- 
ties, Clerical  and  Lay,  whose  names  appear  on  the  list  made 
and  recorded  by  the  Secretary. 

On  motion  of  Rev.  Mr.  Trapier : 

Resolved,  That  the  President  appoint,  during  recess,  the  following  Standing 
Committees,  to-wit:  On  the  State  of  the  Church,  to  consist  of  one  Deputy  from 
each  Diocese ;  On  Canons,  to  consist  of  three  Clergymen  and  three  Laymen  ; 
On  the  Bible  and  Prayer  Book,  to  consist  of  three  Clergymen  and  three  Lay- 
men ;  and  On  Miasiona,  On  the  Admiation  of  New  Dioceaea,  On  the  Conaecration 
of  Biahops,  On  Expenaea,  and  On  Electiona,  to  consist  of  three  members  etch. 

On  motion  of  the  same  : 

Resolved,  That  Clergymen  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  not  members 
•f  this  body,  and  candidates  for  Orders,  be  admitted  to  the  sittings  of  this 
House. 

On  motion  of  Rev.  Dr.  Andrews  : 

Rtaolvcd,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  consider  and  report  upon  the 
relations  which  the  Dioceses  associated  in  this  General  Council  may  hereafter 
•ustain  to  this  Council  and  to  "Tbo  Protestant  Episcopal  Chiftch  in  the  United 
States.' 


1865]  HOUSE    OF    DEPUTIES.  9 

The  President  appointed  on  tiiis  Committee  the  Eev.  Dr, 
Andrews,  Rev.  Messrs.  Trapier  and  Pickett,  and  Messrs. 
Phelan  and  Moore. 

On  motion : 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  That  the  daily  seasiona  of  this 
*^ouncil  be  commenced  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M. 

On  motion : 

Resolved,  That  the  Rules  of  Order  adopted  by  the  House  of  Deputies,  in  1862, 
be  the  Rules  «f  Order  of  this  House. 

The  following  messages  were  received  from  the  House  of 
Bishops ; 

[Message  No.  2.] 

The  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  Deputies  that  it  has  concurred 
in  the  Resolution  of  the  House  of  Deputies,  appointing  10  o'clock  as  the  hour  of 
commencing  the  daily  sessions  of  this  Council. 

[Message  No.  3.] 

The  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  Deputies  that  it  has  passed  th© 
following  Resolution  : 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Deputies  concurring,  That  a  Committee  of  Conference 
be  appointed  to  prepare  matters  for  the  consideration  of  this  Council. 
And  has  appointed,  on  the  part  of  this  House,  the  Presiding  Bishop. 

On  motion : 

Resolved,  That  this  House  concur  in  the  resolution  of  the  House  of  Bishops, 
eommunicated  in  Message  No.  3,  and  that  the  Committee,  on  the  part  of  this 
House,  be  the  Committee  appointed  to  consider  and  report  upon  the  relations 
which  the  Dioceses  associated  in  this  Council  may  hereafter  sustain  to  this 
Council  and  to  "  The  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States." 

On  motion,  the  House  then  adjourned. 


10  JOURN'AL    OF   THE  GENERAL    COUNCIL.  [ist  Day 


SECOXnTID      IDJ^^Z-'S     SESSIOISr. 

St.  Paul's  Church,         ) 
Augusta,  Ga.,  Nov.  9th,  1865.  f 

House  met  pursuant  to  adjournment. 

Morning  Prayer  was  read  by  the  Rev.  President  and  the 
Eev.  \y.  H.  Clarke. 

On  the  call  of  the  Roll,  the  same  members  were  found 
present  as  on  yesterday,  with  the  addition  of  Mr.  Edward 
McCrady,  Lay  Deputy  from  the  Diocese  of  South  Carolina 

The  minutes  of  yesterday's  proceedings  were  read  and 
confirmed. 

The  President  announced  the  following  Standing  Com- 
mittees, to-wit : 

Committee  on  the  State  of  the  Church  : 

Rev.  PHILIP  SLAUGHTER. 
Rev.  PAUL  TRAPIER. 
Rev.  C.  F.  McRAE. 
Rev.  H.  N.  PIERCE,  D.  D. 
Rev.  J.  T.  PICKETT. 

Committee  on  Canons: 

Rev.  PAUL  TRAPIER. 
Rev.  W.  H.  CLARKE. 
Rev.  J.  M.  BANISTER. 
Mr.  N.  H.  MASSIE. 
Mr.  JOHN  D.  PHELAN. 
Dr.  R.  D.  MOORE. 

Committee  on-  the  Bible  and  Prayer  Book  : 

Rev.  CHARLES  W.  ANDREWS,  D.  D. 

Rev.  JOHN  D.  EASTER. 

Rev.  GEORGE  H.  NORTON. 

Mr.  HUGH  N.  PENDLETON 

Mr.  N.  B,  MEADE. 

Dr.  R.  D.  MOORE. 


1865]  HOUSE    OP   DEPUTIES.  11 


Committee  on  Missions  : 

Eev.  H.  N.  PIERCE,  D.  D. 
Kev.  C.  W.  ANDEEWS,  B.  D. 
Mr.  N.  H.  MASSIE. 

Committee  on  Admission  of  New  Dioceses  : 

Kev.  CAMERON  R  McRAE. 
Mr.  EDWARD  McCRADY. 
Mr.  JOHN  D.  PHELAN. 

Committee  on  the  Consecration  of  Bishops: 

Rev.  JOHN  M.  MITCHELL. 
Mr.  H.  N.  PENDLETON. 
Mr.  EDWARD  McCRADY. 

Committee  on  Expenses: 

Dr.  R.  D.  MOORE. 
Mr.  J.  D.  PHELAN. 
Mr.  N.  H.  MASSIE. 

Committee  on  Elections: 

Eev.  W.  H.  CLARKE. 
Eev.  J.  M.  BANISTER. 
Mr.  N.  B.  MEADE. 

The  Committee  of  Conference  to  prepare  matters  for  the 
action  of  this  Council  made  the  following 


Whbrbxs,  The  eeveral  Dioceses,  which  we,  as  Bishops  and  Deputies  r«pr««ent 
*X  this  CouHcil,  were  compelled,  from  political  necessity,  to  separate  from  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States,  and  did  decide,  upon  groundi 
■auctioned  by  Holy  Scripture  and  Primitive  Antiquity,  to  unite  together,  and 
adopt  for  their  better  goyernment  and  more  convenient  action,  a  Constitution 
and  Code  of  Canons,  and  did  meet  in  pursuance  of  that  Constitution,  in  Gen- 
eral Council,  in  November,  1862 ;  and 

Whereas,  This  Church,  so  organized,  although  arising  out  of  political  nece»- 
lity,  was  from  that  time  a  duly  organized  branch  of  the  One  Catholic  and  Apos- 
tolic Church,  and  may  of  right  so  continue  to  be,  or  may,  through  the  action  of 
its  several  Diocesan  Councils,  form  any  other  Synodical  association  ;  and 


12  JOURNAL    OF    THE    GENERAL    COUNCIL.  [2d  Day 

Whcrcnfi,  In  the  opinion  of  several  of  the  Dioceses,  which  co-operated  in  the 
formation  of  this  independent  branch  of  the  Church  Catholic,  the  political 
necessity  which  caused  its  arrangement  no  longer  exists;  and 

mtcrcns,  The  spirit  of  charity  which  prevailed  in  the  proceedings  of  the 
General  Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States,  at 
its  late  session  in  Philadelphia,  has  warmly  commended  itself  to  the  hearts  of 
this  Council ;  therefore, 

Resolved,  I.  That,  in  the  judgment  of  this  Council,  it  is  perfectly  consistent 
with  the  good  faith  which  she  owes  to  the  Bishops  and  Dioceses  with  which  she 
has  been  in  uniou  since  1862,  for  any  Diocese  to  decide  for  herself  whether  she 
shall  any  longer  continue  in  union  with  this  Council. 

II.  That  two  or  more  Dioceses,  if  preferring  to  remain  in  their  present  rela- 
tions to  each  other,  will,  in  our  judgment,  be  entitled  to  be  regarded  as  a  legiti- 
mate branch  of  the  Church  Catholic,  and  to  all  the  tokens *of  fraternal  inter- 
communion ;  and  shall  be  known  as  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  the 
Aisociated  Dioceses  in  the  United  States- 

III.  That  it  be  recommend  3d,  that  wherever  the  word  Confederate  occurs  in 
the  Standards  of  this  Church,  the  word  United  be  substituted  therefor. 

IV.  That  inasmuch  as  the  change  recommended  in  the  preceding  Resolution 
(being  a  change  in  the  Prayer  Book)  cannot  be  legally  completed  until  the  next 
meeting  of  this  Council,  under  the  circumstances  it  should,  in  the  meantime* 
have  the  force  of  law. 

V.  That  each  Diocese  now  in  connection  with  this  Council  shall  be  governed 
by  the  Constitution  and  Canons  thereof,  until  such  time  as  it  shall  have  declared 
its  withdrawal  therefrom,  as  hereinafter  provided  for. 

VI.  That  whenever  any  Diocese  shall  determine  to  withdraw  from  this  Eccle- 
siastical Confederation,  such  withdrawal  shall  be  considered  as  daly  accom- 
plished when  an  official  notice,  signed  by  the  Bish»p  and  Secretary  of  such 
Diocese,  shall  have  been  given  to  the  Bishops  of  the  Dioceses  remaining  in 
connection  with  this  Council. 

(Signed)  STEPHEN   ELLIOTT, 

From  the- Committee  of  the  House  of  Bishopt, 

C.   W.  ANDREWS, 

Of  the  Committee  of  the  Home  of  Deputiu. 

The  Committee  reported,  also,  the  following  resolution, 
to-wit : 

Resolved,  That  while  we  advise  the  change  of  the  word  "  Confederate  "  to 
that  of  "United"  whore  it  occurs  in  the  Prayer  Book,  wo  recommend  that  a 
Joint  Committee  bo  appointed  by  this  Council  to  enter  its  solemn  protest  against 
those  Military  Orders  by  which  Churches  have  been  closed  and  Clergymen 
ordered  to  bo  suspended  from  their  functions,  because  they  could  not  use  certain 
Prayers  under  the  dictation  of  tho  Military  Authority. 

(Signed)  STEPHEN  ELLIOTT, 

Chairman  of  the  Committee  of  the  House  of  Bishopt, 
C.  W.  ANDREWS, 
Chairman  of  iht  Committee  on  the  part  of  the  House  of  BsputtH. 


1865]  HOUSE    OF   DEPUTIES.  13 

Mr.  McCrady  moved  that  the  Report  bo  printed  for  the 
use  of  the  House.    Lost. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Pierce  ofiPered  the  following : 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  That  this  Council  go  into  a  Joint 
Committee  of  the  Whole  to  consider  tho  Report  of  the  Committee  of  Conference 
to  prepare  matters  for  the  action  of  this  Council. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  N.  H.  Massie,  said  resolution  was  laid 
on  the  table. 

The  following  message  was  received  from  the  House  of 

Bishops : 

[Message  No.  4.] 

The  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  Deputies  that  it  has  adopted  th« 
Report  and  Resolutions  of  the  Joint  Committee  appointed  to  prepare  matters 
for  the  action  of  this  Council,  with  the  following  amendments : 

1.  In  the  first  paragraph  of  the  Preamble  (2d  line),  by  striking  out  the 
words  "  compelled  from,"  and  inserting  the  words  "  impelled  by." 

2.  And,  after  the  word  "separate,"  in  the  same  line,  adding  the  words, 
"in  a  legislative  capacity." 

8.  By  striking  out  the  second  Resolution,  and  substituting  the  following 
therefor  : 

"  II.  That  any  Dioceses,  preferring  to  remain  in  their  present  relations  to 
•ach  other,  have,  in  the  opinion  of  this  Council,  a  right  so  to  do  by  virtue  Of 
their  Diocesan  independency,  and  their  action  should  be  concluded  by  their  own 
wise  judgment,  under  the  guidance  of  the  Holy  Spirit  of  God  and  the  custom 
of  the  Primitive  Church." 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Norton : 

Resolved,  That  this  House  concur  in  the  first  amendment  of  the  House  d 
Bishops  to  the  Report  of  the  Joint  Committee  to  prepare  matters  for  the  action 
of  this  Council,  as  conveyed  to  it  in  Message  No.  4. 

On  motion  of  the  same : 

Resolved,  That  this  House  concur  in  the  second  amendment  of  said  Report* 
as  conveyed  in  the  same  Message. 

On  motion  of  the  same  : 

Resolved,  That  this  House  non-concur  in  the  third  amendment  of  said  Report 
as  conveyed  to  it  in  the  same  Message. 

On  motion,"the  House  took  a  recess  till  5J  o'clock;  P.  M. 


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EVENING    SESSION. 

On  motioiij  the  House  adopted  the  first  of  the  resolutions 
contained  in  the  Report  of  the  Committee  of  Conference. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Mitchell  offered  the  following  as  a  substitute 
for  the  second  of  the  resolutions  contained  in  said  Report, 
to-wit : 

11.  That  if  any  number  of  the  Dioceses  composing  this  Ecclesiastical  Organi. 
zatioD,  in  the  exercise  of  their  Diocesan  independency,  shall  prefer  to  maintain 
?aid  Organization,  they  will  not  thereby,  in  the  judgment  of  this  Council,  for- 
feit their  claim  to  fraternal  inter-communion  as  a  branch  of  the  Church  Catholic 

The  following  message  was  received  from  the  House  of 
Bishops : 

[Message  No.  5.] 

The  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  Deputies  that  it  has  passed  the 
following  Resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  while  we  advise  the  change  of  the  word  "  Confederate"  to  that 
of  "United"  where  it  occurs  in  the  Prayer  Book,  we  recommend  that  a  Joint 
Committee  be  appointed  by  this  Council  to  enter  its  solemn  Protest  against  those 
Military  Orders  by  which  Churches  have  been  closed,  and  Clergymen  ordered  to 
be  suspended  from  their  functions  because  they  could  not  use  certain  prayers 
under  the  dictation  of  the  Military  Authority. 

A  vote  by  Dioceses  and  Orders  was  called  for  on  the  pro- 
posed substitute  for  Resolution  II.,  contained  in  the  Report 
of  the  Committee  of  Conference,  which  vote  was  as  follows  : 

On  the  'part  of  the  Clergy :    ■ 
Ayes. — Virginia  and  South  Carolina,  2. 
Noes. — Georgia,  Mississippi  and  Alabama,  3. 

On  the  part  of  the  Laity: 

Ayes.— Virginia,  South  Carolina,  Alabama  and  Missis- 
sippi, 4. 


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The  President  declared  the  substitute  lost  by  the  non] 
concurrence  of  the  two  Orders. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Pheltin,  Resolution  II.  was  amended  by 
striking  out  all  after  the  word  "  inter-communion." 

A  vote  by  Dioceses  and  Orders  was  then  called  for,  on  the 
adoption  of  Resolution  II.,  as  thus  amended,  and  resulted  as 
follows  : 

On  the  part  of  the  Clergy: 

Ayes. — Virginia  and  South  Carolina,  2. 

Noes. — Georgia,  Alabama  and  Mississippi,  3. 
On  the  part  of  the  Laity: 

Ayes. — Virginia,  South  Carolina,  Georgia  and  Alabama,  4. 

The  President  declared  the  resolution  lost  by  the  non- 
concurrence  of  the  two  Orders. 

By  consent  of  the  House,  Resolutions  III.  and  IV.  were 
passed  over  for  the  present,  and 

On  motion,  Resolution  V.  was  then  adopted. 

On  motion.  Resolution  VI.  was  adopted. 

On  motion,  Resolution  III.  was  then  adopted. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Phelan,  Resolution  IV.  was  amended 
by  adding  the  following  words:  "In  any  Diocese,  when 
approved  by  its  Bishop  or  Diocesan  Council." 

On  motion  of  the  same.  Resolution  IV.,  thus  amended, 
was  adopted. 

On  motion : 

Ordered,  That  the  numbering  of  the  Resolutions  in  the  Report  be  altered  to 
conform  to  the  non-adoption  of  Resolution  II. 

On  motion,  in  each  of  the  first  two  places  where  the  words 
"political  necessity"  occur  in  the  Preamble  contained  in 
the  Report,  the  word  "necessity"  was  stricken  out,  and 
the  word  "events"  was  inserted. 

On  motion,  in  the  third  place,  where  the  words  "  political 
necessity  "  occur  in  said  Preamble,  they  were  stricken  out, 
and  the  word  "exigency"  was  inserted. 

On  motion,  the  Preamble,  so  amended,  was  then  adopted- 


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On  motion,  the  Eeport  and  Resolutions  of  the  Committee 
of  Conference,  as  amended,  were  adoj^ted  unanimously,  and 
sent  to  the  Uouse  of  Bishops  for  its  concurrence  in  the 
amendments  adopted  by  the  House  of  Deputies. 

On  motion,  the  House  concurred  in  the  adoption  of  the 
Resolution  to  appoint  a  Joint  Committee  to  protest  against 
certain  Military  Orders,  as  conveyed  to  it  in  M^eesage  No.  5 
of  the  House  of  Bishops. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Massie: 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  That  the  nest  regular  meetiag  of 
the  General  Council  of  this  Church  be  held  in  Richmond,  Va, 

On  motion  of  Rev.  Mr.  Trapier : 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring^  That  Article  V.  of  the  Constitu- 
tion of  this  Church  be  adopted,  as  amended,  on  page  89  of  the  Journal  of  the 
General  Council  of  1862,  to-wit : 

"Article  V.— Every  Diocesan  Council  shall  be  composed  of  the  Bishop,  or 
Bishops,  of  the  Diocese,  and  of  such  other  Clergymen  and  such  lay  representa- 
tion as  shall  be  determined  by  the  Constitution  thereof." 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Massie  : 

Resolved,  That  the  House  elect  one  Clergyman  and  one  Layman  to  fill  tha 
vacancies  in  the  Joint  Committee  on  the  Prayer  Book,  on  the  part  of  this  House, 
appointed  by  the  General  Council  in  1862. 

Whereupon  the  House  elected  the  Rev.  Charles  W.  An- 
drews, D.  D.,  and  Mr.  N.  H.  Massie. 

The  following  Message  was  received  from  the  House  of 
Bishops: 

[Message   No.  6.] 

The  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  Deputies  that  it  has  passed  the 
following  Resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  this  House  concurs  in  the  Amendments  of  the  House  of  Depu- 
ties to  the  Report  of  the  Joint  Committee,  as  conveyed  to  this  House  in  Message 
No.  5  of  the  House  of  Deputies. 

So  the  Report  of  the  Committee  of  Conference  appointed 
to  prepare  matters  for  the  consideration  of  this  Council,  as 
amended  and  finall}^  adopted  by  the  concurrent  action  of 
the  two  Houses,  reads  as  follows : 

Whkukas,  The  several  Dioceses,  which  we,  as  Bishops  and  Deputies  represent 
at  this  Council,  were  impelled  by  political  events  to  separate,  in  a  legislative 
capacity,  from  tho  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States,  and  did 


1865]  HOUSE    OP    DEPUTIES.  lY 

decide,  upon  grounds  sanctioned  by  Holy  Scripture  and  Primitive  Antiquity,  t<. 
unite  together  and  adopt,  for  tlieir  better  government  and  more  convenient  ac- 
tion, a  Constitution  and  Code  of  Canons,  and  did  meet,  in  pursuance  of  that 
Constitution,  in  General  Council,  in  November.  1862  ;  and 

Whereas,  This  Church,  so  organized,  although  arising  out  of  politieal  events, 
was  from  that  time  a  duly  organized  branch  of  the  One  Catholic  and  Apostolic 
Church,  and  may  of  right  so  continue  to  bo,  or  may,  through  the  action  of  its 
several  Diocesan  Councils,  form  any  other  Synodical  association  ;  and 

Whereas,  In  the  opinion  of  several  of  the  Dioceses  which  co-operated  in  the 
formation  of  this  independent  branch  of  the  Church  Catholic,  the  exigency 
which  caused  its  arrangement  no  longer  exists  ;  and 

Whereas,  The  spirit  of  charity  which  prevailed  in  the  proceedings  of  the 
General  Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States,  at 
its  late  session  in  Philadelphia,  has  warmly  commended  itself  to  the  hearts  of 
this  Council ;  therefore. 

Resolved,  I.  That,  in  the  judgment  of  this  Council,  it  is  perfectly  consistent 
with  the  good  faith  which  she  owes  to  the  Bishops  and  Dioceses  with  which  she 
has  been  in  union  since  1S62,  for  any  Diocese  to  decide  for  herself  whether  she 
shall  any  longer  continue  in  union  with  this  Council. 

II.  That  it  be  recommended  that  wherever  the  word  "  Confederate"  occurs 
in  the  Standards  of  this  Church,  the  word  "United  "  be  substituted  therefor. 

III.  That  inasmuch  as  the  change  recommended  in  the  preceding  Resolution 
(being  a  change  in  the  Prayer  Book)  cannot  be  legally  completed  until  the  next 
meeting  of  this  Council,  under  the  circumstances  it  should,  in  the  meantime, 
have  the  force  of  law  in  any  Diocese,  when  approved  by  its  Bishop  or  Diocesan 
Council. 

IV.  That  each  Diocese  now  in  connection  with  this  Council  shall  be  governed 
by  the  Constitution  and  Canons  thereof,  until  such  time  as  it  shall  have  declared 
its  withdrawal  therefrom,  as  hereinafter  provided  for. 

V.  That  whenever  any  Diocese  shall  determine  to  withdraw  from  this  Eccle- 
siastical Confederation,  such  withdrawal  shall  be  considered  as  duly  accom- 
plished when  an  official  notice,  signed  by  the  Bishop  and  Secretary  of  such 
Diocese,  shall  have  been  given  to  the  Bishops  of  the  Dioceses  remaining  in 
connection  with  this  Council. 

On  motion,  the  House  adjourned. 


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Augusta,  Ga.,  Nov.  10th,  1865. 

After  Morning  Prayer,  rend  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Banister  of 
Alabama,  and  the  Eov.  Dr.  Andrews  of  Virginia,  the  House 
met  pursuant  to  adjournment.  Present  as  on  yesterday, 
except  Eev.  Messrs.  SLaughter  and  Norton,  and  Messrs. 
Meade  and  Pendleton. 

The  minutes  of  yesterday's  proceedings  were  read  and 
confirmed. 

The  President  announced  the  appointment  of  the  Rev. 
Messrs.  Trapier  and  McRae,  and  Mr.  McCrady,  as  the  mem- 
bers on  the  part  of  this  House,  of  the  Joint  Committee  to 
enter  a  Protest  against  certain  Military  Orders. 

The  Committee  on  Expenses  made  the  following  Report, 
which,  on  motion,  was  adopted,  to-wit : 

The  Committee  on  Expenses  beg  leave  to  report  that  they  have  no  facts  before 
them  to  enable  them  to  decide  upon  the  amount  of  funds  necessaij-  to  be  raised, 
and  do  therefore  recommend  that  the  Secretary,  when  ho  has  ascertained  the 
amount  needed,  apportion  the  same  among  the  Dioceses  as  heretofore. 

(Signed)  '  R.  d,  MOORE, 

Chairman. 

On  motion,  the  House  proceeded  to  the  election  of  Treas- 
urer of  the  General  Council. 

Whereupon,  the  House  elected  the  Rev.  J.  M.  Mitchell,  of 
the  Diocese  of  Alabauia. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Andrews  : 

Jhsolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  House  be  tendered  to  the  Picctors  and  Con- 
gregations of  the  Churches  in  this  city,  and  to  the  citizens,  for  their  generous 
hospitality. 

On  motion  of  the  same  : 

Ordered,  That  a  copy  of  the  Journal  of  this  Council  be  sent  to  each  of  the 
Rectors  and  Vestrymen  of  the  two  Parishes  in  this  city. 

On  motion  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Mitchell : 

Betolved,  The  House  of  Lishops  concurring,  That  a  sufficient  number  of  copies 
of  the  Journal  of  thij»  Council  be  printed,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secre- 
taries thereof,  to  furnish  Qvo  copies  to  each  Bishop  and  one  copy  to  each  Cler- 


1SG5]  iiousi:  OF  deputies.  19 

gyman  of  this  Churcb  ;  one  to  each  Lay  Deputy  to  this  Council ;  one  to  each 
of  the  Bishops  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States  ;  cue 
to  the  Secretary  and  one  to  the  Standing  Committee  of  each  Diocese  in  tho 
United  States;  and  to  reserve  one  hundred  copies  for  the  further  use  of  the 
(jieueral  Council. 

On  motion  of  Ecv.  Mr.  Trnpicr : 

Jlesolved,  That  a  typographical  error  in  Canon  V.,  Title  I.,  of  the  Canons,  as 
printed  in  1802,  bo  corrected  by  the  omission  of  the  words  "Moral  Philosophy 
and  Rhetoric"  from  line  3d  of  ^  1,  of  said  Canon. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Plielan,  seconded  by  Eev.  Mr.  Trapier, 
and  after  warm  and  affectionate  tributes  to  the  memory  of 
the  late  subject  thereof,  by  them  and  by  the  Eev.  President 
and  Mr.  McCrady,  the  House  unanimously  adopted  the  fol- 
lowing resolution,  to-wit : 

Resolved,  That,  ■^.  the  death  of  Mr.  Jacob  K.  Sass,  late  of  Charleston,  and 
Treasurer  of  this  Council,  since  the  last  meeting  of  the  Council,  this  Church 
has  lost  a  valuable  officer,  while,  as  wc  trust  and  believe,  a  true-Christian  man, 
whose  quiet  and  useful  labors  greatly  endeared  him  to  all  of  us,  has  "  entered 
into  his  rest." 

The  following  Message  was  received  from  the  House  of 
Bishops : 


[Message  Ko.  7.] 

The  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  Deputies  that  it  has  passed  the 
following  Resolution : 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Deputies  concurring,  That  a  Joint  Committee  be  ap- 
pointed to  prepare  resolutions  expressive  of  the  sense  which  this  Council  enter- 
tains of  the  loss  which  the  Church  has  experienced  by  the  lamented  death  of 
the  late  Right  Rer.  Leouidas  Polk,  D.  D.,  and  the  late  Right  Rev.  James  H. 
Otey,  D.  D. 

And  has  appointed  Bishops  Johns,  Green  and  Wilmer  as  the  Committee  ou 
the  part  of  this^House. 

On  motion,  the  House  concurred  in  the  adoption  of  the 
foregoing  resolution,  and  the  President  appointed  the  Eev 
Messrs.  Banister  and  Clarke,  and  Mr.  N.  H.  Massie,  as  the 
Committee  on  the  part  of  the  House  of  Deputies. 


20  JOURNAL    OF    THE  GENERAL    COUNCIL.  [3tl    Day 

The  following  Message  was  received  from  the  House  ot 
Bishops  : 


[Message  No.  8.] 
The  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  Deputies  that  it  has  appointed 
the  Right  Rev.  Stephen  Elliott,  D.  D.,  and  the  Right  Rev.  Wm.  Mercer  Green, 
D.  D.,  as  the  Committee  on  the  part  ©f  this  House  to  enter   a  Protest  against 
certain  Military  Orders. 

The  Ilouse  took  a  recess  until  4  o'clock,  P.  M. 


EVENING   SESSION. 

The  Eev.  Mr.  Trapier,  on  behalf  of  the  Joint  Committee 
appointed  to  enter  a  Protest  against  certain  Military  Orders, 
made  the  foUowinir 


The  Committee,  to  whom  was  referred  the  following  Joint  Resolution  of  the 
General  Council,  viz. : 

"Resolved,  That,  while  we  advise  the  change  of  the  word  "  Confedeuate  " 
t^  that  of  "  United  "  where  it  occurs  in  the  Prayer  Book,  we  recommend  that 
a  Joint  Committee  be  appointed  by  this  Council  to  enter  its  solemn  protest 
against  those  Military  Orders  by  which  Churches  have  been  closed  and  Clergy- 
men ordered  to  be  suspended  from  their  functions,  because  they  conld  uot  us» 
certain  Prayers  under  the  dictation  of  the  Military  Authority,"  do  respectfully 
report,  that — 

Whereas,  The  Bishop  of  Alabama  was  elected  and  consecrated  under  the 
Constitution  and  Canons  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  then  Con- 
federate States,  and  never  has  been,  nor  is  now,  a  Bishop  of  the  Church  in  the 
L'nited  States,  nor  can  bo  so,  in  the  judgment  of  that  Church,  as  recently  ex- 
pressed in  his  case,  unless  and  until  he  shall  have  made  the  required  "promise 
of  contormity"  to  the  Constitution  and  Canons  thereof ;  and 

Whereat,  For  this  reason  he  held  that  he  was  under  no  ecclesiastical  obliga- 
tion to  use  the  Prayer  appointed  in  the  Prayer  Book  of  said  fJhurch  for  ''the 
President  of  the  United  States,  and  all  in  Civil  Authority ;"  and 

\Vherca»,  The  independence  of  the  Church,  in  matters  purely  spiritual,  is  held 
to  be  of  Divine  authority,  and  has  been  the  doctrine  of  the  Church  since  the 
foundation  of  Chri.stianity,  and  is  at  this  day  universally  conceded  by  the  poweri 
•f  thia  world,  wherever  the  Church  has  been  true  to  itself  j  therefore, 

We,  the  members  ot  this  Council,  do,  in  our  own  behalf,  and  in  behalf  of 
the  Christian  Church  throughout  the  world,  solemnly  protest  against  the  Order 


1865]  HOUSE    OF   DEPUTIES.  21 

« 
issued  September  20tli,  1865,  from  the  Headquarters  of  the  Department  of  Ala»- 
bama,  that  the  Bishop  and  Cler<,'y  of  that  Dioooso  "be  suspended  from  their 
functions,  and  forbidden  to  preach  or  perform  Divine  Service,  and  that  their 
places  of  worship  bo  closed"— and  against  all  and  every  secular  interference 
with  ecclesiastical  affairs,  as  a  violation  of  liberty  of  conscience,  as  guaranteed 
by  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States. 

(Signed)  STEPHEN   ELLIOTT, 

Chairman  of  Committee  on  part  of  House  of  BishopM. 

PAUL   TRAPIER, 

Chairman  of  Committee  on  part  of  House  of  Deputies. 

On  motion,  the  Eeport  was  laid  on  the  table  for  the 
present. 

The  following  Message  was  received  from  the  House  of 
Bishops : 

[Message  No.  9.] 

The  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  Deputies  that  it  has  passed  the 
following  Resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  this  House  concurs  in  the  Resolution  of  the  House  of  Deputies, 
as  conveyed  in  Message  No.  10,  directing  the  printing  and  distribution  of  the 
Journal,  with  the  following  amendment :  By  the  insertion  of  the  words,  "  When 
the  requisite  funds  are  deposited  with  the  Treasurer,"  after  the  word  "That," 
in  the  1st  line  of  the  Resolution. 

The  following  Message  was  received  from  the  House  of 
Bishops : 

[Message  No.  10.] 

The  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  Deputies  that  it  has  passed  the 
following  Resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  election  of  the  Rev.  J.  M.  Mitchell  as  Treasurer  of  the 
General  Council  be  hereby  confirmed. 

On  motion,  the  House  concurred  in  the  amendment  to  the 
Eesolution  providing  for  the  printing  of  the  Journal,  as  con- 
veyed to  it  in  Message  No.  9,  of  the  House  of  Bishops. 

The  following  Messages  were  received  from  the  House  of 
Bishops ; 

[Message   No.  11.] 

The  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  Deputies  that  it  has  passed  the 
following  Preamble  and  Resolution  : 

The  General  Council,  having  resolved  to  remit  to  the  several  Dioceses  the 


22  JOURNAL    OF   THE    GENERAL    COUNCIL.  [3d  Day 

whole  question  of  their  future  ecclesiastical  relations,  for  their  separate  ani 
iuJei)endcnt  Diocesan  action,  therefore — 

litHulvid,  The  House  of  Deputies  concurring,  That  it  is  inexpedient  to  enter 
upon  any  questions,  which  in  their  bearing  may  be  legislative,  until  such  time 
as  the  Dioceses  shall  have  determined  those  relations. 

[Message   No.  12.] 
The  Ilouge  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  Deputies  that  it  has  adopted  the 
Report  of  the  Joint  Committee  appointed  to  protest  against  certain  Militarj 
Orders. 

On  motion  : 

Resolved,  That  this  House. non-concnrs  in  the  adoption  of  the  Preamble  and 
Resolution  conveyed  to  it  in  Message  No.  11  of  the  House  of  Bishops. 

The  followinjx  Message  was  received  from  the  House  of 
Bishops  :  ^ 

[Message  No.  13.] 

The  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  Deputies  that  it  has  passed  the 
following  Resolution  : 

liesnlred,  That  this  House  requests  a  Committee  of  Conference  with  the  House 
of  Deputies  on  the  subject  of  further  legislation  ,•  and  has  appointed  Bishopa 
Elliott  and  Wilmer  on  the  part  of  this  House. 

On  motion,  the  House  acceded  to  tht)  request  contained  in 
the  Eesolution  conveyed  to  it  in  Message  No.  13  of  the 
House  of  Bishops ;  and  appointed  the  Eev.  Drs.  Andrews 
and  Pierce,  and  Mr.  McCrady,  as  the  Committee  on  the  part 
of  the  House  of  Deputies. 

Kev.  Mr.  Clarke,  on  behalf  of  the  Joint  Committee  ap- 
})ointed  to  prepare  Eesolutions  of  the  sense  of  this  Council 
of  the  loss  to  the  Church  by  the  deaths  of  the  Right  Eev. 
Bishops  Otey  and  Polk,  made  the  following  Eeport,  to-wit : 

The  Joint  Committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  duty  of  preparing  a  suit.abiu 
expression  of  the  respect  of  this  Council  for  the  memory  of  the  late  Right  Rev. 
Ja^nes  Ilervcy  Otey,  D.  D.  ;  LL.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  Tennessee,  an.i 
the  late  Right  Rev.  Lconidas  Polk,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  Louisian.i 
beg  leave  to  recommend  the  adoption  of  the  following  Resolutions  ; 

Renolvr.d,  I.  That  in  the  absence  of  those  beloved  and  lamented  Fathers  from 
the  scenes  of  their  earthly  Inb.ira,  at  a  time  when  their  ardent  devotion  to  the 
interests  of  Christ  and  His  Holy  Church,  their  enlarged  wisdom  and  ripe  expe- 
rience would  have  rendered  their  counsels  and  co-operation  especially  valuablts 
and  important,  we  find  cause  for  profound  regret  and  sorrow,  while  we  desire  to 
bow  in  humble  submissiun  to  the  afflictive  dispensation  of  Divine  Providence. 


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II.  That,  liuldiiig  in  deserved  and  nflfoctionatc  romcmbranco  their  many  vir- 
tues, their  untiring  energy,  and  their  solf-saerilicing  efforts  to  maintain  and 
defend  the  truth,  we  will  study  so  to  advance  those  groat  designs  for  the  moral 
and  religious  culture  of  our  Dioceses,  to  which  each  of  them  had  given  so  much 
time  and  thought,  as  will  perpetuate  the  influence  among  us  of  their  Christian 
character  and  elevated  aims. 

III.  That  copies  of  these  Resolutions  bo  spread  upon  the  Journal,  and  also  bo 
communicated  to  the  Dioceses  of  Tennessee  and  Louisiana,  and  to  the  familioa 
of  the  departed. 

On  motion,  the  Report  and  Ecsolutions  were  adopted. 

Eev.  Dr.  Andrews,  on  behalf  of  the  Committee  of  Confer- 
euce,  made  a  verbal  report  of  the  result  of  the  Conference. 

The  following  Message  was  received  from  the  House  of 
Bishops : 

[Message   No.  14.] 

The  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  Deputies  that  it  has  passed  the 
following  Resolutions : 

Resolved,  That  this  House  non-concurs  in  the  Resolution  of  the  House  of 
Deputies,  appointing  Richmond,  Va.,  as  the  place  of  meeting  for  the  next  Gen- 
eral Council. 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Deputies  concurring,  That  the  next  regular  meeting 
of  the  General  Council  of  this  Church  be  held  in  Charleston,  South  Carolina. 

Resolved,  That  this  House  concurs  in  the  Resolution  of  the  House  of  Deputies 
conveyed  to  this  House  in  Message  No.  7.' 

On  motion,  the  House  of  Deputies  concurred  in  the  Eeso- 
lution  of  the  House  of  Bishops,  appointing  Charleston,  S.  C, 
as  the  place  of  meeting  for  the  next  General  Council  of  the 
Church. 

On  motion  of  the  Eev.  Dr.  Pierce : 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring.  That  Article  I.  of  the  Constitu- 
tion of  this  Church  be  amended  so  as  to  read  <' Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of 
Associated  Dioceses  in  the  United  States,"  instead  of  "  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  in  the  Confederate  States." 

Eev.  Mr.  Trapicr,  on  behalf  of  the  Committee  on  the  State 
of  the  Church,  presented  the  following  Report,  to-wit : 

Your  Committee  regret  that,  through  the  failure  of  most  of  the  Bishops- 
Standing  Committees,  and  Secretaries  of  Diocesan  Councils,  to  furnish  the  re- 
ports and  documents  required  by  Canon  V.,  of  Title  II.,  they  are  unable  to  lay 


24  JOUKNAL  OF  TUE  GENEKAL  COUNCIL       [3(1  Day 

before  you  the  statistics  essential  to  a  fulj  view  of  the  State  of  the  Church  ;  but 
they  transmit  herewith  such  information  as  they  have  been  able  to  obtain,  and 
express  the  hope  that  other  Dioceses  will  send  their  reports  to  the  Secretary  of 
this  House  as  soon  as  convenient. 

Signed  in  behalf  of  the  Committee, 

PAUL    TRAPIER,   aiairman. 

On  motioiij  the  Eeport  was  adopted. 

The  Eeport  of  the  Joint  Committee  appointed  to  protest 
against  certain  Military  Orders,  was  then  taken  from  the 
table,  and,  on  motion,  said  Eeport  was  unanimously  adopted, 
in  concurrence  with  the  action  of  the  House  of  Bishops,  as 
communicated  to  it  in  Message  No.  12. 

The  following  Message  was  received  from  the  House  of 
Bishops : 

[Message  No.  15.] 

The  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  Deputies  that  it  has  passed  the 
following  Resolution : 

Resolved,  That  this  House  concurs  in  the  amendment  of  Article  I.  of  the  Con- 
stitution, as  adopted  by  the  House  of  Deputies,  and  conveyed  to  this  House  in 
Message  No.  17  of  the  House  of  Deputies. 

On  motion,  the  Secretary  was  requested  to  inform  the 
House  of  Bishops  that  the  House  of  Deputies  is  now  ready 
to  adjourn,  sine  die. 

The  following  Message  was  received  from  the  House  of 
Bishops : 

[Message   No.  16.] 

The  House  of  Bishops  informs  the  House  of  Deputies  that  it  has  passed  the 
following  Resolution  : 

Jtetohed,  That  the  Secretary  inform  the  House  of  Deputies  that  the  House 
of  Bishops  will  attend  immediately  for  the  purpose  of  uniting  with  the  House  of 
Deputies  in  the  closing  devotional  services  of  the  Council. 

On  motion,  the  Ecv.  Messrs.  Clarke  and  Mitchell  were 
appointed  a  Committee  to  wait  upon  the  House  of  Bishops 
and  conduct  them  to  the  seats  prepared  for  them  in  the 
Chancel. 


1805]  HOUSE    OF    DEPUTIES.  25 

AVhorcnpon,  the  Right  Rev.  Bishops  entered,  and  the  Tro- 
Biding  Bishop  addressed  to  tlic  two  IToiiRCS  a  few  iiinvritten, 
but  exceedingly  appropriate  remarks,  of  which  the  Secre- 
tary, by  order  of  the  House  of  Deputies,  solicited  a  cop}-  to 
be  entered  upon  the  Journal,  but  was  unable  to  procure  it. 

The  two  Houses  then  united  in  appropriate  Prayers,  read 
by  the  Presiding  Bishop,  who  also  pronounced  the  Apostolic 
Benediction  ;  and,  the  House  of  Bishops  having  retired,  the 
House  of  Deputies,  on  motion,  adjourned,  sine  die. 

C.  C.  PINCKNEY, 

President. 
Attest  : 

JNO.  M.  MITCHELL, 

i^  Secretary. 


JOURNAL 


OF    THE 


HOUSE     OF     BISHOPS 


Augusta,  Ga.,   Wednesday,  Kov.  8th,  1865. 

This  being  the  day  and  place  appointed  for  the  second 
meeting  of  the  General  Council,  the  Bishops  and  Deputies 
elect  assembled  in  St.  Paul's  Church,  Augusta. 

Morning  Prayer  was  said  by  the  Rev.  Paul  Trapier,  of  the 
Diocese  of  South  Carolina,  assisted  by  the  Eev  Cameron  F. 
McPae,  of  the  Diocese  of  Georgia. 

The  Ante-Communion  Service  was  said  b}"  the  Eight  Eev. 
Eichard  H.  Wilmer,  D.  D.,  the  Eight  Eev.  William  M.  Green, 
D.  D.,  being  Epistler,  and  the  Eight  Eev.  John  Johns, 
D.  D.,  Gospeller. 

The  Holy  Communion  was  administered  by  the  Eight  Eev, 
Stephen  Elliott,  D.  D.,  assisted  by  the  Bishops  of  Virginia, 
Mississippi  and  Alabama. 

After  Divine  Service,  the  Bishops  met  in  the  Lecture 
Eooni  of  St.  Paul's  Church.     The  Senior  Bisliop,  the  Eight 


28  JOURNAL  OU  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL  [ist  Day 

Rev.  Stephen  Elliott,  I).  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  Georgia, 
took  the  Chair. 

Tiie  Roll  of  the  House  was  then  called,  and  the  following 
answered  to  their  names  : 

The  Right  Rev.  Stephen  Elliott,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Die 
cese  of  Georgia;  Right  Rev.  John  Johns,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of 
the  Diocese  of  Virginia;  Right  Rev.  William  M.  Green,  D.  D., 
Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  Mississippi,  and  Right  Rev.  Richard 
H.  Wilmer,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  Alabama. 

A  quorum  being  present,  the  House  proceeded  to  business. 

On  motion  of  Bishop  Johns,  the  Rev.  W.  H.  Harison,  of 
the  Diocese  of  Georgia,  was  elected  Secretarj-. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Clarke  appeared  as  a  Committee  from  the 
House  of  Deputies,  and  presented  the  following  Message  : 

Message  No.  1. 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bishops  that  it  has  organized, 
and  has  elected  the  Rev.  C.  C  Pinckney,  President,  and  the  llev.  J.  M.  Mitchell, 
Secretary. 

On  motion  of  Bishop  Johns :  • 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Deputies  concurring.  That  a  Committee  of  Conference 
be  appointed  to  prepare  matters  for  the  consiileration  of  this  Council. 

Resolved,  That  the  Right  Rev.  the  Presiding  Bishop  be  appointed  to  repre- 
sent this  I^ouse  on  said  Committee. 

The  following  Message  was  received  from  the  House  of 
Deputies : 

Message  No.  2. 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bishops  that  it  has  passed  the 
following  Resolution  : 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  That  the  daily  sessions  of  this 
Council  be  commenced  at  10  o'clock,  A.  M. 

On  motion  : 

RcHolved,  That  this  House  concurs  in  the  Resolution  of  the  House  of  Depu- 
ties, appointing  10  o'clock  as  the  Lour  of  commencing  the  daily  sessions  of  this 
Council. 

The  following  Message  was  received  from  the  House  of 
Deputies : 


ISGd]  nousE  OF  nisnors.  29 

Mkssage  No.  3. 

The  llovisc  of  Deputies  Informs  the  House  of  Bishops  that  it  has  passed  tho 
t'oUowing  Resolution  : 

licsolvcd,  That  thia  House  concurs  in  the  Resolution  conveyed  to  it  in  Mcs- 
'^a^e  No.  3  of  the  House  of  liishops,  and  ajjpoiuts  Rev.  Dr.  Andrews  of  Virginia, 
l\ev.  Mr.  Trapier  of  South  Carolina,  Rev.  J.  T.  Pickett  of  Mississippi,  Hon.  J. 
D.  Phelan  of  Alabama,  aud  Dr.  R.  D.  Moore  of  Georgia,  as  tho  Committise  on 
the  part  of  this  House. 

On  motion,  the  House  adjourned. 


Thursday,  November  9tb,  1865. 

The  House  met  pursuant  to  adjournment.  Present  as 
yesterday. 

The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 

The  Committee  of  Conference,  appointed  to  prepare  mat- 
ters for  the  consideration  of  this  Council,  presented  the  fol- 
lowing 


Whereas,  The  several  Dioceses,  which  we,  as  Bishops  and  Deputies  represent; 
at  this  CouHcil,  were  compelled,  from  political  necessity,  to  separate  from  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States,  and  did  decide,  upon  grounds 
sanctioned  by  Holy  Scripture  and  Primitive  Antiquity,  to  unite  together,  and 
adopt  for  their  better  government  and  more  convenient  action,  a  Constitution 
and  Code  of  Canons,  and  did  meet  in  pursuance  of  that  Constitution,  in  Gen- 
eral Council,  in  November,  1862  ;  and 

Whereas,  This  Church,  so  organized,  although  arising  out  of  political  neces- 
sity, was  from  that  time  a  duly  organized  branch  of  the  One  Catholic  and  Apos- 
tolic Church,  and  may  of  right  so  continue  to  be,or  may,  through  the  action  of 
its  several  Diocesan  Councils,  form  any  other  Synodical  association  :  and 

-  Whereas,  In  the  opinion  of  several  of  the  Dioceses,  which  co-operated  in  the 
formation  of  this  independent  branch  of  the  Church  Catholic,  the  political 
necessity  which  caused  its  arrangement  no  longer  exists ;  and 

Whereas,  The  spirit  Of  charity  which  prevailed  in  the  proceedings  of  tho 
General  Convention  of  th«  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States,  at 


30  JOURNAL  OF  THE  GEONRAL  COUNCIL  [2d  Day 

its  late  session  in  Philadelphia,  has  \7armly  comracnclcd  itself  to  the  hearts  ot 
this  Council;  therefore, 

Resolved,  I.  That,  in  the  judgment  of  this  rouncil.  it  is  perfectly  consistent 
with  the  good  faith  which  she  owes  to  the  Bishops  and  Dioceses  with  which  she 
has  been  in  union  since  1S62,  for  any  Diocese  to  decide  for  herself  whether  she 
shall  any  longer  continue  in  union  with  this  Council, 

11.  That  two  or  more  Dioceses,  if  preferring  to  remain  in  their  present  rela- 
tions to  each  other,  will,  in  our  judgment,  be  entitled  to  be  regarded  as  a  legiti- 
mate branch  of  the  Church  Catholic,  and  to  all  the  tokens  of  fraternal  inter- 
communion ;  and  shall  be  known  as  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  the 
Associated  Dioceses  in  the  United  States. 

in.  That  it  be  recommended,  that  wherever  the  word  Confederate  ocurs  in 
the  Standards  of  this  Church,  the  word  United  be  substituted  therefor. 

IV.  That  inasmuch  as  the  change  recommended  in  the  preceding  Resolution 
(being  a  change  in  the  Prayer  Book)  cannot  be  legally  completed  until  the  next 
meeting  of  this  Council,  under  the  circumstances  it  should,  in  the  meantime, 
have  the  force  of  law. 

V.  That  each  Diocese  now  in  connection  with  this  Council  shall  be  governed 
by  the  Constitution  and  Canons  thereof,  until  such  time  as  it  shall  have  declared 
its  withdrawal  thei-efrom,  as  hereinafter  provided  for. 

VI.  That  whenever  any  Diocese  shall  determine  to  withdraw  from  this  Eccle- 
iiastical  Confederation,  such  withdrawal  shall  be  considered  as  duly  accom- 
plished when  an  official  notice,  signed  by  the  Bish»p  and  Secretary  of  such 
Diocese,  shall  have  been  given  to  the  Bishops  of  the  Dioceses  remaining  in 
connection  with  this  Council. 

(Signed)  STEPHEN    ELLIOTT, 

Ckaxrmo.n  of  Committee  of  House  of  Biskopi. 

C.   \V.  ANDREWS, 
Chairman  of  Committee  of  House  of  Deputiet. 

On  motion  of  Bishop  "Wilmcr,  tlic  first  paragraph  in  the 
Preamble  (line  2)  was  amended  by  striking  out  the  words 
"  compelled  from "  and  substituting  therefor  the  words 
"  impelled  by." 

And  also  by  adding,  after  the  word  "separate"  (line  2), 
the  words,  '<  in  a  legislative  capacity." 

On  motion,  the  second  Resolution  was  stricken  out,  and 
the  following  substitute  adopted  ; 

Ilcsolved,  That  any  Dioceses  preferring  to  remain  in  their  present  relations  to 
«Rch  other,  have,  in  the  opinion  of  this  Council,  a  right  so  to  do  by  virtue  of 


1805]  HOUSE  OF  r.iLiiore.  31 

tboir  Diocesan  indopcndcnoy ;  and  their  action  should  be  concluded  l.y  tlicir 
own  wise  judgment,  under  the  guidance  of  the  Holy  Spirit  of  God,  and  ibfc 
custom  of  the  Primitive  Church. 

On  motion,  the  House  tcok  a  recess. 

The  House  re-assembled,  and,  on  motion,  took  a  recesH 
until  5.30  o'clock,  P.  M.  . 


EVENING    SESSION. 

The  House  resumed  its  business. 

The  following  Message  was  received  from  the  House  of 
Deputies. 

Message  No.  4. 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bishops  that  it  has  passed  tbf 
fallowing  Resolutions : 

1.  Resolved,  That  this  House  concurs  in  the  1st  Amendment  of  the  House  of 
Bishops  to  the  Report  of  the  Joint  Committee,  as  convej'ed  to  it  in  Messapr 
No.  4  of  the  House  of  Bishops. 

2.  Resolved,  That  this  House  concurs  in  the  2d  Amendment  of  the  House  r,f 
Bishops  to  the  Report  of  the  Joint  Committee,  as  conveyed  to  it  in  Mes.«ajL'»" 
No.  4  of  the  House  of  Bishops. 

3.  Resolved,  That  this  House  does  non-concur  in  the  3d  Amendment  of  the 
House  of  Bishops  to  the  Report  of  the  Joint  Committee,  as  conveyed  to  it  in 
Message  No.  4  of  the  House  of  Bishops. 

On  motion.  Message  No.  4  from  the  House  of  Deputies 
was  laid  on  the  table. 

On  motion  : 

Resolved,  That,  while  we  advise  the  change  of  the  word  "Confederate'"  to 
that  of  "  United "  where  it  occurs  in  the  Prayer  Book,  we  recommend  that  a 
Joint  Committee  be  appointed  by  this  Council  to  enter  its  solemn  Protest  against 
those  Military  Orders  by  which  Churches  have  been  closed,  and.  Clergymen 
ordered  to  be  susperided  from  their  functions,  because  they  could  fiot  use  certain 
Prayers  under  the  direction  of  the  Military  Authority. 

The  following  Message  was  received  from  the  House  of 
Deputies  ; 


32  JOURNAL    OF    THE  GENERAL    COUNCIL.  [2d  DUV 

Mkssage  No.  5. 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bishops  that  it  has  adopted  the 
Pi,eport  and  Resolutions  of  the  Committee  of  Conference  to  prepare  matters  for 
tho  aciiou  of  this  Council,  with  the  following  amendments: 

1.  lu  each  of  the  first  two  instances  where  tho  words  "  political  necissity" 
occur  \n  the  Preamble,  the  word  ''necessity"  be  stricken  out,  and  the  word 
••  events  "  be  inserted. 

2.  lu  the  third  instance,  where  the  same  words  occur  in  the  Preamble,  they 
be  stricken  out  and  the  word  "exigency"  inserted. 

.3.  Strike  out  Resolution  No.  2,  and  change  th«  numbering  of  the  series  to  cor- 
respond thereto. 

4.  Add  to  the  Resolution,  numbered  4  in  the  Report,  at  its  end,  the  words, 
"  in  any  Diocese,  when  approved  by  its  Bishop  or  Diocesan  Council." 

On  motion :' 

Jte-iolveil,  That  this  House  concurs  in  the  amendments  of  the  House  of  Depu- 
ties to  the  Preamble  and  Resolutions,  submitted  by  the  Joint  Committee,  as 
conveyed  to  this  House  in  Message  No.  5  of  the  House  of  Deputies. 

The  Preamble  and  Resolutions,  as  amended  in  both  Houses 
and  finally  adopted,  are  as  follows : 

W-HEREAS,  The  several  Dioceses,  which,  we,  as  Bishops  and  Deputies  represent 
at  this  Council,  were  impelled  by  political  events  to  separate,  in  a  legislative 
capacity,  from  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States,  and  did 
decide,  upon  grounds  sanctioned  by  Holy  Scripture  and  Primitive  Antiquity,  to 
unite  together  and  adopt,  for  their  better  government  and  more  convenient  ac 
tion,  a  Constitution  and  Code  of  Canons,  and  did  meet,  in  pursuance  of  that 
Constitution,  in  General  Council,  in  November,  1S62,-  and 

Whereas,  This  Church,  so  organized,  although  arising  out  of  political  events- 
was  from  that  time  a  duly  organized  branch  of  the  One  Catholic  and  Apostolic 
Church,  and  may  of  right  so  continue  to  be,  oi:  may,  through  the  action  of  its 
several  Diocesan  Councils,  form  any  other  Synodical  association ;  and 

Whereas  In  the  opinion  of  several  of  the  Dioceses  which  co-operated  in  the 
formation  of  this  independent  branch  of  the  Church  Catholic,  the  exigency 
which  caused  its  arrangement  no  longer  exists;  and 

Wherens,  The  spirit  of  charity  which  prevailed  in  the  proceedings  of  tho 
General  Convention  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  United  States,  at 
its  late  session  in  Philadelphia,  has  warmly  commended  itself  to  tho  hearts  of 
this  Council ;  therefore, 

Rr.Holi-cd  I.  That,  in  the  judgment  of  this  Council,  it  is  perfectly  consistent 
with  the  goed  faith  which  she  owes  to  the  Bishops  and  Dioceses  with  which  she 
has  been  in  un^on  since  1862,  for  any  Diocese  to  decide  for  herself  whether  she 
shall  any  longer  continue  in  union  with  this  Council; 

II.    That  it  be  recommended  that  wherever  the  word  "  Confederate"  occurs 
in  the  Standards  of  this  Church,  the  word  "  United"  be  substituted  therefor. 
HI.    That  inasmuch  as  the  change  recommended  in  the  preceding  Resolution 


18G5]  H0U8B  OF  nisHOPS.  33 

(being  a  change.in  the  Prayor  Book)  cannot  bo  legally  completed  until  the  next 
meeting  of  this  Council,  under  the  circumstances  it  should,  in  the  meantime, 
have  the  force  of  law  in  any  Diocese,  when  approved  by  its  Uishop  or  Diocesan 
Council. 

IV.  That  each  Dioceso  now  in  connection  with  thia  Council  shall  bo  governed 
by  the  Constitution  and  Canons  thereof,  until  such  time  as  it  shall  have  declared 
its  withdrawal  therefrom,  as  hereinafter  provided  for. 

V.  That  whenever  any  Diocese  shall  determine  to  withdraw  from  this  Eccle- 
siastical Confederation,  such  withdrawal  shall  be  considered  as  duly  accom- 
plished when  an  official  notice,  signed  by  the  Bishop  and  Secretary  of  such 
Diocese,  shall  have  been  given  to  the  Bishops  of  the  Dioceees  remaining  in 
connection  with  this  Council. 

On  motion,  the  House  adjourned. 


Friday,  November  10th,  1865. 

The  House  met  pursuant  to  adjournment.  Present  as 
yesterday. 

The  minutes  were  read  and  approved. 

The  following  Messages  were  received  from  the  House  of 
Deputies  : 

Message  No.  6. 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bishops  that  it  has  passed  th« 
following  Resolution  ; 

ReaoliTed,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  That  the  next  regular  meeting 
of  the  General  Council  of  this  Church  be  held  in  Richmond,  Virginia. 

Message  No.  7. 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bishops  that  it  has  passed  the 
following  Resolution : 

Resolved,  That  Article  V.  of  the  Constitution  be  adopted  as  amended  on  pag» 
89  of  the  Journal  of  the  General  Council  of  1862. 

Message  No.  8. 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bishops  that  it  has  elected  the 
Rev.  C.  W.  Andrews,  D.  D.,  and  Mr.  N.  H.  Massie,  to  fill  the  vacancies)  on  the 
part  of  this  House,  in  the  Joint  Committee  on  the  Prayer  Book,  appointed  by 

the  General  Council  of  1862. 

3  * 


84  JOURNAL    OF   THE    GENERAL    COUNCIL  [3d  Day 

Messaae  No.  9. 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bishops  that  this  House  has 
appointed  the  Rev.  Mr  Trapier,  the  Rev.  Mr.  McRae  and  Mr.  McCrady  as  the 
Committee  on  the  part  of  this  House  to  enter  a  Protest  against  certain  Military 
Orders. 

Message  No.  10. 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bishops  that  it  has  passed  the 
following  Resolution : 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring,  That  a  sufficient  number  of  the 
Journal  of  this  Council  be  printed,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretaries  thereof' 
to  furnish  five  copies  to  each  Bishop,  one  copy  to  each  Clergyman  of  this  Church, 
one  to  each  Lay  Deputy  to  this  Council,  one  to  each  of  the  other  Bishops  in 
the  United  States,  and  one  to  the  Secretary  and  one  to  the  Standing  Committee 
of  each  Diocese  in  the  United  States  j  and  to  reserve  one  hundred  copies  for  the 
future  use  of  the  General  Council. 

Message  No.  11. 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bishops  that  it  has  elected  the 
Roy.  J.  M.  Mitchell  Treasurer  of  the  General  Council. 

On  motion,  the  foregoing  Messages  were  laid  on  the  table, 
for  the  present. 

On  motion  of  Bishop  Johns  : 

'Resolved,  The  House  of  Deputies  concurring,  That  a  Joint  Committee  be  ap- 
pointed to  prepare  Resolutions  expressive  of  the  sense  which  this  Council  enter- 
tains of  the  loss  which  the  Church  has  experienced,  by  the  lamented  deaths  ot 
the  late  Right  Rev.  Leonidas  Polk,  D.  D.,  and  the  late  Right  Rev.  James  H- 
Otey,  D.  D. 

The  Presiding  Bishop  appointed  Bishops  Johns,  Green  and 
Wilmer  as  said  Committee  on  the  part  of  this  House. 

The  following  Message  was  received  from  the  House  of 
Deputies : 

Mrssage  No.  12. 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bishops  that  this  House  baa 
concurred  in  the  adoption  of  the  Resolution  of  the  House  of  Biyhopp,  appoint- 
ing a  Joint  Committee  to  prepare  Resolutions  on  the  loss  to  this  Church  by  the 
deaths  of  the  late  Right  Rev.  L.  Polk,  D.  D.,  and  the  late  Right  Rev.  J.  H- 
Otey,  D.  D. 

And  has  appointed  Rev.  J.  M.  Banister,  Rev.  W.  H.  Clarke  and  Mr.  N.  H, 
Maasie,  as  such  Committee  on  the  part  of  this  House. 

^  The  Right  Rev.  Stephen  Elliott,  D  D.,  and  the  Right  Rev. 


1805]  HOUSE  OF  BISHOPS.  35 

Win.  Mercer  Green,  1^.  T).,  on  tl»e  part  of  this  House,  wore 
elected  members  of  the  Joint  Committee  to  protest  against 
certain  Military  Orders. 

On  motion,  the  House  took  a  recess. 


EVENING    SESSION. 

The  House  resumed  its  business. 

Bishop  Elliott,  on  behalf  of  the  Joint  Committee  of  Pro 
test,  presented  the  following  : 


The  Committee,  to  whom  was  referred  the  following  Joint  Resolution  of  tb« 
General  Council,  viz. : 

"  Resolved,  That,  while  we  advise  the  change  of  the  word  "Confidkratb  " 
to  that  of  "  Unitkd  "  where  it  occurs  in  the  Prayer  Book,  wo  recommend  thit 
%  Joint  Committee  be  appointed  by  this  Council  to  enter  its  solemn  protest 
against  those  Military  Orders  by  which  Churches  have  been  closed  and  Clergy- 
men ordered  to  be  suspended  from  their  functions,  because  they  could  uot  u.^ 
certain  Prayers  under  the  dictation  of  the  Military  Authority,"  do  respectfully 
report,  that — 

Whereas,  The  Bishop  of  Alabama  was  elected  and  consecrated  und«r  tbe 
Constitution  and  Canons  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  then  Con- 
federate States,  and  never  has  been,  nor  is  now,  a  Bishop  of  the  Church  in  th« 
United  States,  nor  can  be  so,  in  the  judgment  of  that  Church,  as  recently  ex- 
pressed in  his  case,  unless  and  until  he  shall  have  made  the  required  ''promise 
of  contormity"  to  the  Constitution  and  Canons  thereof ;  and 

Whereas,  For  this  reason  ho  held  that  he  was  under  no  ecclesiastical  oblig»- 
tion  to  use  the  Prayer  appointed  in  the  Prayer  Book  of  said  Church  for  "  th» 
President  of  the  United  States,  and  all  in  Civil  Authority  ;"  and 

Whereas,  The  independence  of  the  Church,  in  matters  purely  spiritual,  is  held 
to  be  of  Divine  authority,  and  has  been  the  doctrine  of  the  Church  since  th» 
foundation  of  Christianity,  and  is  at  this  day  universally  conceded  by  the  poweri 
•f  this  world,  wherever  the  Church  has  been  true  to  itself;  therefore, 

We,  the  members  ot  this  Council,  do,  in  our  own  behalf,  and  in  behalf  of 
the  Christian  Church  throughout  the  world,  solemnly  protest  against  the  Order 
issued  September  20th,  1865,  from  the  Headquarters  of  the  Department  of  Al»^ 
b*ma,  that  the  Bishop  and  Clergy  of  that  Diocese  "be  suspended  from   their 


36  JOURNAL   OF   THK  GENERAL    COUNCIL.  [3d   Dnj 

functions,  and  forbidden  to  preach  or  perform  Divine  Service,  and  that  their 
places  of  worship  be  closed"— and  against  all  and  every  secular  interference 
with  ecclesiastical  affairs,  as  a  violation  of  liberty  of  conscience,  as  guaranteed 
by  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States. 

(Signed)  STEPHEN   ELLIOTT, 

Chaiiinan  of  Committee  on  part  of  Home  of  BiahopB. 

PAUL   TRAPIER, 
Cliairman  of  Committee  on  part  of  House  of  Heputiet. 

On  motion,  the  Report  was  unanimously  adopted. 

Message  No.  10,  from  the  House  of  Deputies,  on  Printing 
the  Journal,  was  taken  from  the  table,  and  adopted  with  the 
following  amendment : 

13y  inserting  the  words,  "  when  the  requisite  funds  are  deposited  with  the  Treafi- 
urer,"  after  the  word  *'  That"  in  the  1st  line. 

Message  No.  11  of  the  House  of  Deputies  was  then  called 
up,  and  the  election  of  the  Kev.  John  M.  Mitchell,  of  the 
Diocese  of  Alabama,  as  Treasurer  of  the  General  Councib 
was  confirmed. 

On  motion,  the  following  Preamble  and  Resolution  were 
iidopted : 

Tb«i  General  Council  having  resolved  to  remit  to  the  several  Dioceses  the 
whole  question  of  their  future  Ecclesiastical  relations,  fur  their  separate  and 
independent  Diocesan  action,  therefore 

liesolved,  The  House  of  Deputies  concurring,  That  it  is  inexpedient  to  ente 
upon  any  questions  which,  in  their  bearing:;,  may  be  legislative,  until  such  time 
as  the  Dioceses  shall  have  determined  those  relations. 

The  following  Message  was  received  from  the  House  of 
Deputies  : 

Message  No.  13. 

The  Huuse  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bishops  that  this  House  has 
concurred  in  the  amendment  of  the  House  of  Bit^hops  to  the  Resolution  provid- 
ing for  the  Printing  of  the  Journal,  as  conveyed  to  it  in  Message  No.  9  of  the 
House  of  Bishops. 

The  following  Message  was  received  from  the  House  of 
Deputies : 

Message  No.  14. 

The  House  of  Deputies  infornn  the  House  of  Biihops  that  it  baa  pa«sed  the 
following  Resolution  : 


1865]  HOUSE  OF  BILH0P8.  3*7 

Resolved,  That  this  House  does  non-concur  in  the  Preamble  and  Resolution 
concerning  further  legislation  by  this  Council  at  this  time. 

On  motion : 

Resolved,  That  this  House  requests  a  Committee  of  Couforonce  with  the  House 
of  Deputies  on  the  subject  of  further  legislation. 

And  has  appointed  Bishops  Elliott  and  Wilmer  to  represent  this  House  on  the 
Baid  Committee. 

The  following  Message  was  received  from  the  House  of 
Deputies : 

Message  No.  15. 

.  The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bishops,  that  this  House  has 
concurred  in  the  Kesolution  asking  for  a  Committee  of  Conference,  as  conveyed 
to  it  in  Message  No.  l.S  of  the  House  of  Bishops. 

And  has  appointed  Rev.  Drs.  Andrews  and  Pierce,  and  Mr.  McCrady,  as  the 
Committee  on  the  part  of  this  House. 

The  House  took  a  recess  to  allow  of  the  meeting  of  the 
Committee  of  Conference. 


The  House  resumed  its  business. 

Message  No.  6  from  the  House  of  Deputies  w^as  taken  up, 
and  the  following  Resolution  was  adopted : 

Resolved,  That  this  House  does  non-concur  in  the  appointment  of  Richmond 
as  the  place  of  holding  the  next  regular  meeting  of  the  General  Council. 

On  motion : 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Deputies  concurring,  That  the  next  regular  meeting 
of  the  General  Council  of  this  Church  be  held  in  Charleston,  S.  C 

Message  No.  7  from  the  House  of  Deputies  was  taken  from 
the  table,  and  the  following  Resolution  adopted  : 

Resolved,  That  this  House  concurs  in  the  Resolution  of  the  House  of  Depu- 
ties,  that  Article  V.  of  the  Constitution  be  adopted  as  amended  on  page  89  of  tha 
journal  of  the  General  Council  of  1862. 

Bishop  Johns,  on  behalf  of  the  Joint  Committee  to  pre- 
pare Resolutions  on  the  deaths  of  the  late  Right  Rev. 
Leonidas  Polk,  D.  D.,  and  the  late  Right  Rev.  James  H. 
Otey,  B.  D.,  presented  the  following  Report,  which  was 
adopted : 


38  JOURNAL    OF    THE    GENERAL    COUNCIL.  [3d  Day 

The  Joint  Committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  duty  of  preparing  a  suitable 
expression  of  the  reapect  of  this  Council  for  the  memory  of  the  late  Right  Rev. 
.lames  Hervey  Otey,  D.  D.  ;  LL,  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  Tennessee,  and 
the  late  Right  Rev.  Leonidas  Polk,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  Louisiana, 
beg  leave  to  recommend  the  adoption  of  the  following  Resolutions  ; 

Resolved,  I.  That  in  the  absence  of  those  beloved  and  lamented  Fathers  from 
the  scenes  of  their  earthly  labors,  at  a  time  when  their  ardent  devotion  to  the 
interests  of  Christ  and  His  Holy  Church,  their  enlarged  wisdom  and  ripe  expe- 
rience would  have  rendered  their  counsels  and  co-operation  especially  valuable 
aud  important,  we  find  cause  for  profound  regret  and  sorrow,  while  we  desire  to 
bow  in  humble  submission  to  the  afflictive  dispensation  of  Divine  Providence. 

II.  That,  holding  in  deserved  and  aflfectionate  remembrance  their  many  vir- 
tues, their  untiring  energy,  and  their  self-sacriticing  efforts  to  maintain  and 
defend  the  truth,  we  will  study  so  to  advance  those  great  designs  for  the  moral 
»nd  religious  culture  of  our  Dioceses,  to  which  each  of  them  had  given  so  much 
lime  and  thought,  as  will  perpetuate  the  influence  among  us  of  their  Christian 
character  and  elevated  aims. 

III.  That  copies  of  these  Resolutions  be  spread  upon  the  Journal,  and  also  be 
••ommunicated  to  the  Dioceses  of  Tennessee  and  Louisiana,  and  to  the  familiea 
of  the  departed. 

The  following  Messages  were  received  from  the  House  of 
Deputies : 

Message  No.  1(5. 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bishops  that  this  House  has 
concurred  in  the  Resolution  appointing  Charleston,  S.  C,  as  the  place  of  meet- 
ing of  the  next  General  Council,  as  conveyed  to  it  in  Message  No.  14  of  the 
House  of  Bishops. 

Message  No.  17. 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bishops  that  it  has  adopted  the 
a'companying  Report  of  the  Committee  on  the  State  of  the  Church. 

And  that  it  Las  passed  the  following  Resolution  : 

Resolved,  The  House  of  Bishops  concurring.  That  Article  I.  of  the  Constitu- 
tion be  80  amended  as  to  read  "  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  of  Associated 
Dioceses  in  the  United  States,"  instead  of  "  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in 
the  Confederate  States." 

On  motion,  the  Report  of  the  Committee  on  the  State  of 
the  Church  was  received  and  read. 

On  motion  : 

Retolved,  That  this  House  concurs  in  the  Amendment  of  Article  I.  of  the 
Constitution,  as  conveyed  to  it  in  Message  No.  17  of  the  House  of  Dcputieg. 


1805]  1I0U8K    OF    BISHOPS.  39 

The  lollowing  Mcssagos  were  received  from  the  House  of 
Deputies  : 

Messagk  No.  18. 

The  IIouso  of  Dopnties  informs  the  House  of  Bishops  that  it  has  passed  th» 
following  Resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  this  House  unanimously  concurs  in  the  Resolution  of  the 
House  of  Rishops  adopting  the  Protest  against  certain  Military  Orders,  as  con- 
veyed to  it  in  Message  No.  12  of  the  House  of  Bishops. 

Message  No.  Vi. 

The  House  of  Deputies  informs  the  House  of  Bishops  that  it  has  passed  tb« 
following  Resolution  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  inform  the  House  of  Bishops  that  this  Houit 
is  ready  to  adjourn,  sine  die. 

The  House  ordered  its  Secretary  to  inform  the  House  of 
Deputies  that  it  had  finished  its  business,  and  would  now 
join  with  the  House  of  Deputies  in  the  closing  devotional 
services  of  the  Council. 

The  Bishops  then  proceeded  to  St.  Paul's  Church. 

The  Presiding  Bishop  delivered  an  appropriate  address 
said  the  concluding  prayers,  and  closed  with  the  Benediction 
of  Peace. 

The  Bishops  then  returned  to  the  Lecture  Room  of  St. 
Paul's  Church,  when  the  minutes  of  the  day  were  read 
and  approved. 

On  motion,  the  House  adjourned,  sine  die. 

STEPHEN    ELLIOTT,  D.  D., 

Presiding  Bishop. 

Attest  : 

W.  H.  HABLSON, 

Secretary  J  House  of  Bishops. 


^  p  p  E  :t^  r>  I  x: 


JOINT     RULES     OF     ORDER. 

1.  At  the  opening  of  the  Council,  the  House  of  Deputies,  after  orgnnizin 
shall  inform  the  House  of  Bishops  that  they  have  elected  a  President  and  Seer 
tary,  and  are  ready  to  proceed   to  business  ;  and   the  House  of  Bisliups,  afte 
electing  a  Secretary,  shall  communicate  such  fact  to  the  House  of  Deputies. 

2.  Messages  may  be  conveyed  by  a  Committee  or  by  the  Secretary  of  either 
body.  The  Secretary  of  the  body  to  which  such  message  is  sent  shall  announce- 
"A  message  from  the  House  of  Bishops,"  or,  "A  message  from  the  House  of 
Deputies;"  whereupon,  proceedings  shall  be  suspended  until  the  message  is  de- 
livered to  the  President.  If  the  message  be  in  writing,  the  President  shall  order 
it  to  be  read  by  the  Secretary,  and  it  shall  then  be  laid  on  the  table,  subject  to 
the  order  of  the  House. 

^.  At  the  close  of  the  session,  the  House  of  Deputies  shall  announce  to  the 
House  of  Bishops  that  they  have  concluded  their  business,  and  are  ready  to 
receive  the  Bishops.  The  House  of  Bishops  shall  then  designate  a  time  at  which 
they  will  unite  with  the  House  of  Deputies  in  the  concluding  devotional  exer- 
cisea,  and  read  the  Pastoral  Letter,  if  one  be  issued. 

4.  Joint  Committees,  unless  the  number  be  speci6ed  in  the  Resolution  under 
which  they  are  appointed,  shall  consist  of  three  Bishops  and  five  Deputies. 
The  assent  of  a  majority  of  the  Bishops  and  a  majority  of  the  Deputies  of  the 
Committee  shall  be  necessary  for  a  majority  report. 


RULES  OF  ORDER  OF  THE  HOUSE  OF  DErUTIES. 

1 .  Each  day's  session  .shall  commecce  with  the  Morning  Service  of  the  Church. 

2.  When   the  President  takes  the  Chair,  no  Member  shall  continue  standing. 
or  shall  afterwards  stand,  except  to  address  the  Chair. 

3.  When  the  President  shall  have  taken  the  Chair,  the  Boll  of  Members  shal 
be  called,  and  the  Minutes  of  the  preceding  day  read. 

4.  The  business  of  the  House  shall  be  called  up,  and  disposed  of  in  the  fol- 
lowing order,  to-wit :     1st.  Communications  from  the  President.    2d.  Repor  t 


42  JOURNAL    OF   THE    GENERAL    COUNCIL. 

from  Standing  Committees.     3d.  Reports  of  Special  Committees.    4th.  PeiltionB 
and  Memorials.     5th.  Motions  and  Kesolutions. 

5.  The  nou.''e  shall  proceed  to  the  Order  of  the  Day  one  hour  after  its  meet- 
ing, unless  sooner  ordered  or  dispensed  with,  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the 
Members  present. 

6.  All  Resolutions  shall  bo  reduced  to  writing,  presented  to  the  Secretary,  and 
by  him  read  to  the  Hoyge  ;  and  no  motion  shall  be  considered  before  the  H -use 
unless  seconded. 

7.  No  Member  shall  absent  himself  from  the  sessions  of  the  lluuse,  unless  he 
have  leave,  or  be  unable  to  attend. 

8.  When  any  Member  is  about  to  speak,  or  deliver  any  matter  to  the  Houee, 
be  shall,  with  due  respect,  address  himself  to  the  President,  confining  himself 
ftrictly  to  the  point  in  debate. 

9.  No  Member  shall  speak  more  than  twice,  in  the  same  debate,  without  leave 
of  the  House. 

10.  While  the  President  is  putting  any  question,  the  Members  shall  continue 
in  their  seats,  and  shall  not  hold  any  private  discourse. 

11.  Every  Member  who  shall  be  in  the  House  when  any  question  is  put,  Eha'l, 
on  a  division,  be  counted,  unless  he  be  personally  interested  in  the  discussion. 

12.  When  a  question  is  under  consideration,  no  motion  shall  be  received,  un- 
le-3  to  lay  it  upon  the  table,  to  postpone  it  to  a  certain  time,  to  postpone  it  in- 
definitely, to  commit,  to  amend,  or  to  divide  it;  and  motions  for  any  of  these 
purposes  shall  have  precedence  in  the  order  herein  named.  The  motions  to  lay 
iil)on  the  table  and  to  adjourn  shall  be  decided  without  debate.  The  motion  lo 
adjourn  shall  always  be  in  order. 

13.  All  Committees  shall  be  appointed  by  the  President  unless  otherwise  or- 
dered. 

1-i.  When  the  House  is  about  to  rise,  every  Member  shall  keep  his  seat  until 
the  President  leaves  his  chair. 

15.  The  names  of  the  movers  of  resolutions  shall  appear  upon  the  Minutes  yf 
this  House. 

16.  The  Report.*  of  all  Committees  shall   be  in  writing,  and  shall  be  received 
of  course,  and  without  motion  for  acceptance,  until   recommitted  by  a  vote  of 
the  House.     All  reports  recommending  or  requiring  any  action  or  expression  of 
opinion  by  the  House,  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  resolution  for  the  action  of  the 
House  thereon. 

17.  If  the  question  under  debate  is  susceptible  of  division,  the  same  shall  be 
divided  at  the  request  of  any  Member,  and  a  vote  taken  separately,  except  that 
a  motion  to  strike  out  and  insert  shall  be  indivisible. 

18.  All  questions  of  order  shall  be  decided  by  the  Chair,  without  debate;  but 
any  Member  may  appeal  from  such  decision  ;  and  on  such  appeal  no  Member 
(ball  apeak  more  than -once,  without  express  loavie  of  the  House. 

19.  All  amendments  «hall  be  considci^id  in  the  order  in  which  they  are  moved. 
When  a  proposed  amendment  is  under  consideration,  a  motion  to  amend  the 
<ame  may  be  made ;  no  after  amendment  to  such  second  ameudmcut  shall  be  is 


APPENDIX    C. DIOCKSAN    REPORTS.  43 

order.  But  when  an  aincmhneiit  to  an  amendment  is  under  consideration,  a 
fubstitute  for  the  whole  niattor  may  be  received.  No  propotiifion,  on  a  Hubject 
(iilTerent  from  the  one  under  consideration,  shall  bo  received  under  color  of  a 
Bubstitutc. 

20.  In  all  questions  decided  numerically,  the  motion  to  rooonpidcr  must  be 
made  by  one  Deputy  who  voted  in  the  majority  ;  or,  in  case  of  equal  division, 
by  one  who  voted  in  the  negative ;  aud  in  the  case  of  a  vote  by  Orders,  wb^re 
there  is  a  concurrence  of  both  Orders,  a  motion  to  reconsider  shall  be  made  by 
a  majority  of  a  Deputation  from  any  Diocese  of  either  Order  voting  in  the  ma- 
jority;  and  in  the  case  of  a  non-concurrenco  of  Orders,  the  motion  to  recon- 
sider shall  come  from  a  majority  of  a  Deputation  from  a  Diocese  of  that  Order 
which  gave  the  majority  in  the  negative  :  aud  in  either  case  a  motion  to  recon- 
sider shall  be  seconded  by  a  majority  of  any  Deputation  of  either  Order,  with- 
out regard  to  its  previous  vote.  And  all  motions  to  reconsider  shall  be  made 
*nd  seconded  on  the  day  the  vote  is  taken,  or  the  next  succeeding  day. 

21.  None  of  these  rules  shall  be  altered,  amended,  suspended  or  repealed  with- 
out a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  House. 


^peniti^    C. 


DIOCESAN     REPORTS. 


VIRGINIA. 

Alexandria,  Va.,  186j. 
7'o  the  Committee  of  the  House  of  Bejjuties  on  the  State  of  the  Church  : 

The  Standing  Committee  of  the  Diocese  of  Virginia  would  state  that  no  in- 
formation is  before  them  to  form  the  basis  of  such  a  report  as  the  laws  of  the 
Church  require.  In  lieu  thereof,  they  beg  leave  to  say  that  the  capital  and  pro- 
ceeds of  the  Episcopal  fund,  and  all  other  funds  of  the  Diocese,  are  so  redu^'od 
that  no  estima|t  could  be  made  of  their  value.  The  labors  of  the  Bishop  and 
Clergy  have  been  greatly  interrupted  during  the  past  three  years.  Wherever  an 
0'  t/ortunity  has  been  given  to  exhibit  the  spirit  and  tendencies  of  our  Churv^^h. 
there  has  been  much  encouragement.  Confirmations  have  been  large.  There  lia? 
been  a  marked  disposition  on  the  partof  thecounuunity  to  unite  with  our  Church- 

The  present  number  of  the  Clergy  is  about  one  hundred  aud  twenty.  Every 
effort  is  making  to  rebuild  the  Churches  which  have  been  destroyed,  and  to 
repair  those  which  have  been  injured  during  the  war. 

G.  11.  NORTON, 
Secretary  Standing  Committee,  Diocese  of  Vircjinia. 


44 


JOURNAL    OF    THE    GENERAL    COUNCIL. 


SOUTH    CAROLINA. 

TABULAR    DIGEST 

Of  tki    Triennial   Report   of  the  Protestant  Episcopal   Church  in   the  Dioee$e  of 

South  Carolina  to  the  General  Council  of  1865. 

Right  Rev.  Thomas  Frederick  Davis,  D.  D.,  Bishop. 

RBPOUT  OF  CLERGY  AND  CAyOIDATES  FOR  ORDERS,  RESPECTIVELY,  FOR  TUB  SIX 
YEARS,  LAST  PAST,  AND  PRESENT  STATISTICS. 

No  new  candidates  for  Orders  have  been  admitted. 

Clergy  Ordained — Deacons,  9  ;  Presbyters,  7. 


Do. 

Received—     Do. 

0; 

Do. 

3. 

Do. 

Transferred— Do. 

0; 

Do. 

5. 

De. 

Deposed —       Do. 

0; 

Do. 

1. 

Do. 

Died       —       Do. 

0: 

Do. 

8. 

Do.  Canonically  resident — Deacons,  4;   Presbyters,  64. 

REPORT    OF    PARISHES    AND    OF    PAROCHIAL    STATISTICS. 

Porishes^-'No  new  ones  admitted. 
Ckurches — Corner-stone  laid,  1. 

Do.     — Consecrated,  14. 
Contributions  for  Church-purposes,  $222,801    67,  exclusive  of  contributions 
since  May,  1S64. 

Parochial  Statistic)}.     Baptisms— White  Adults      ....         204 

Do.     Children         .  .  .  1917 

Colored  Adults  .  .  .         83S 

Do.      Children      .  .  .  3390 


Total 


Marriages — White 
Colored 

Burials— White 
Colored 


Total 


Total 
Confirmed — White 
Colored 

Total 
Membership.     Communicants — White 

,  Colored  . 

Total 
Non-Communicante — White 
Colored 

Total 
Children  under  14  years  of  age— White 

Colored 


6349 
404 
369 

773 
1507 

686 

^193 

"1329 

1001 

2330 
"2660 
1200 

3SC0 

~Wl 

942 

J  686 

"1238 

883 


Total 


2121 


APPENDIX    C. — DIOCESAN    UEPORTS.  45 

Since  the  Dioccean  Council  in  May,  1804,  no  Parochial  Reports  have  been  laid 
before  the  Di(»cuse.  Tbo  statistics  are  therefore  defective  in  so  far  a«  re;.^arilg 
the  official  acts  of  Presbyters  and  Deacons;  but  thode  of  the  DiBliop  are  report»;d 
in  full  to  this  meeting  of  the  General  Council. 

For  the  past  three  years,  the  parishes  in  the  lower  part  of  the  State  have  been 
almost  entirely  broken  up.  The  members  of  the  Church  have,  however,  been 
generally  dispersed  amon*<;  the  Churches  throughout  the  middle  and  upper  coun- 
•try.  Their  constant  presence  in  these  sanctuaries  has  proved  how  dear  their 
faith  is  to  their  hearts,  and  what  a  solace  their  Church  has  been  to  them  in  the 
midst  of  all  their  distresses.  At  present,  our  disorganized  social  state,  and  the 
difficulties  of  communication  throughout,  render  it  impossible  to  know  what  ia 
the  present  condition  of  the  Diocese.  Our  refugees  are  beginning  to  return  to 
their  old  homes,  and  Churches  long  closed  are  being  re-opened.  There  has  been 
recently  a  pleasant  demonstration  on  the  part  of  our  colored  brethren  to  adhere 
to  their  old  faith.  How  far  this  spirit  prevails  we  do  not«know  and  caunot  now 
ascertain.  In  relation  to  the  financial  investments  of  the  Diocese,  it  is  prob- 
able that  more  than  two-thirds  have  been  lost.  The  Parishes  too,  respectively, 
are  so  much  reduced  in  their  resources,  that  the  condition  of  the  clergy  is  one 
of  much  privation  and  even  want.  Yet,  thank  God,  there  is  a  cheerful  spirit 
a  strict  adherence  to  principle,  and  devout  reliance  upon  Divine  Providence. 
May  the  Almighty  Disposer  of  all  events  overrule  these  dispensations  of  His 
providence  to  the  glory  of  His  name,  the  good  of  His  Church,  and  our  eternal 
salvation,  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 


GEORGIA. 

TABULAR     DIGEST 

Of  the  Triennial  Report  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  the  Diocese  of 
Georgia  to  the  General  Council  of  1865. 

Clergy,  Ordained— Deacons,  3  ;  Presbyters,  7. 

Do.  Received—      Do.       0;  Do.         2. 

Do.  Tranferred—  Do.       0;  Do.         2. 

Do.  Died  —  Do.       0;  Do.         1. 

Do-  Caconically  resident — Deacons,  2  j  Presbyters.  29. 

REPORT    OF    PARISHES    AND    PAROCHIAL    STATISTICS. 

Parishes — New  ones  admitted,  5. 

Churches — Consecrated,  2. 

Contributions  for  Church  purposes,  $135,875  47. 
Parochial  Statistics.     Baptisms        ......       1424 

Marriages  .....  220 

Burials  •••...         333 

Confirmations      .....  713 

Communicants  .  .  .  ;  .     2674 

N.  B. — The  statistics  of  the  Diocese  for  1865  are  very  imperfect,  many  of  the 
most  important  Parishes  havlDg  made  qo  Report. 


46  JOURNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL 

ALABAMA. 
In  consequence  of  the  absence  of  mail  comraunications,  but  few   Report*  of 
the  Clergy  have  been  received,  and  no  full   statement  can   ba  made  of  the  con- 
dition of  the  Diocese. 

The  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  reports  to  the  General  Council  as  follows,  via.: 
Churches  consecrated  ......•! 

Deacons  ordained  .......  ^ 

I'riests  ordained         .  ;  .  .  .  .  .  .         * 

Confirmations        ........  7d> 

Candidates  for  Holy  Orders  received  :  ....         5 

Present  number  of  Candidates  for  Holy  Orders  .  .  •  5 

Present  number  of  Communicants  ......  2000 

Baptisms— Adults,  120;  Children,  505;  Total  .  .  .  62i 


ROLL   OF   THE   HOUSE   OF    BISHOPS. 

The  Right  Rev.  »Stephen  Elliott,  D.  D.,  of  the  Diocese  of  Georgia,  Presiding 

Bishop. 
The  Right  Rev.  John  Johns,  D.  D.,  of  the  Diocese  of  Virginia. 
The  Right  Rev.  William  Mercer  Green,  D.  D.,  of  the  Diocese  of  Mississippi. 
The  Right  Rev.  Francis  H.  Rutledge,  D.  D.,  of  the  Diocese  of  Florida. 
The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  F.  Davis,  D.  D.,  of  the  Diocese  of  South  Carolina. 
The  Right  Rev.  Richard  H.  Wilmer,  D.  D.,  of  the  Diocese  of  Alabama. 


^I|!en!)ir   €-. 


LIST    OF   THE   CLERGY. 


LIST  OF  THE  CLERGY  IN  THE  DIOCESE  OF  SOUTH  CAROLINA, 
NOVEMBER  8,  1865 

The  Right  Rev.  Thomas  F.  Davis,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Dioceee  and  Rector  of 

Grace  Church,  Oamden. 
The  Rev.  Thomas  S.  Arthur,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Greenville. 

Xonophon    Y.    Anderson    (Deacon),    Missionary    to    Negroes    in    St. 

Mark's,  Clarendon. 
Edmund  E.  Bellinger,  Rector  of  St.  Judc's  Church,  Waltorboro'. 
R.  T.  Brown,  Rector  of  St.  David's,  Cheraw. 
J.  Barnwell  Campbell,  Missionary  at  Williamston. 


APPENDIX   "E. LIST    OF    THE    CLKROT.  47 

Tb9  R-ev.  Andrew  11.  Cornish,  Koctor  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Pcnrllcton. 
John  II.  Cornish,  Rector  of  St.  Thaddfoua'  Church,  Aiken. 
Thomas  F.  Davis,  Jr.,  Assistant  Minister  of  Griico  Church,  Camden. 
J.  Grimko  Drayton,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Parish. 
William  P.  Duboeo  (Deacon). 

James  II.  Elliott,  Ass't  Minister  of  St.  Michael's  Church,  Charleston, 
John  II.  Elliott",  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  Anderson. 
Stephen  Elliott,  Rector  of  St.  Bartholomew's  Parish. 
John  R.  Fell,  residing  at  Mount  Pleasant. 

<  hristopher  P.  Gadsden,  Rector  of  St.  Luke's  Church.  Charleston. 
Philip  Gadsden,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Parish,  Stono,  and  St.  Paul'a 

Church,  Suramerville. 
Alexander  Glennie,  Rector  of  All-Saints'  Parish,  Waccamaw. 
J.  Mercier  Green,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Charleston. 
Le  Grand  F.  Guerry,  Rector  of  Zion  Church,  Richland. 
B.  E.  Habersham,  Rector  of  St.  Mark's,  Clarendon. 
Christian  Hanckel,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Radcliflfeboro', 

Charleston. 
J.  Stuart  Hanckel,  Professor  in  the  Diocesan  Seminary,  Camden. 
William  H.  Hanckel,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Richland. 
Robert  T.  Howard,  Rector  of  Prince  George's  Parish,  Winyaw. 
W.  B.  W.  Howe,  Rector  of  St.  Philip's  Church,  Charleston. 
James  T.  Hutcheson. 
Joseph  Hunter. 
p.  Gervais  Jenkins. 

Benjamin  Johnson,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Abbeville. 
William  Johnson,  Rector  of  the  Church  on  Edisto  Island. 
Roberts  P.  Johnson,  Rector  of  St.  Stephens  and  Upper  St.  John's. 
Clement  F.  Jones,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  Calvary  Church,  Glenn  Springs. 
P.  Trapier  Keith,  Rector  of  St.  Michael's  Church,  Charleston. 
John  S.  Kidney,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Society  Hill. 
Lucien  C.  La^ce,  Missianary  in  Newberry  and  Laurens. 
Maurice  H.  Lance,  residing  near  Georgetown. 
Charles  B.  Leverett,  Missionary  at  St.  Stephen's  Chapel,   Beaufort 

Island. 
Edward  C.  Logan,  Assistant  Missionary  in  Newberry  and  Laurens. 
Thomas  N.  Lucas,  residing  near  Stateburg. 

Alexander  W.  Marshall,  D.  D.,  Minister  of  St.  John's  Chapel,  Hamp 
stead,  Charleston. 
^  John  D.  McCullough,  Rector  of  the  Church  of  the  Advent,  Spartau- 

burg,  and  of  the  Church  of  the  Nativity,  Unionville. 
David  McElheran,  residing  at  Mount  Pleasant. 
Stiles  McUichamp,  Rector  of  St.  James'  Church,  James  Island,  and 

Assistant  Missionary  at  Orangeburg. 
James  W.  Miles,  residing  in  Anderson. 
Augustus  Moore,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Mar's  Bluff. 
Josiah  Obear,  residing  in  Winnsboro'. 
A.  F.  Olmsted,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Berkley. 


48  JOURNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COUNCIL. 

Tlie  Rev.  W.  W.  Patrick,  Missionary  to  Negroes  in  St.  Stephen's  and  Upper  St. 
.Ioha':j. 

Henry  L.  Phillips,  Minister  of  St.  Stephen's  Chapel,  Charleston. 

C.  C,  Pinckncy,  Jr.,  Rector  of  Grace  Church,  Charleston. 

A.  T.  Porter,  Rector  of  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Communion,  Cannons- 
boro',  Charleston. 

William  T,  Potter,  residing  in  Greenville. 

"William  0.  Prentiss,  Rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Charleston. 

J.  Maxwell  Pringle,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Columbia. 

.1.  II.  Quiuby. 

John  J.  Roberts,  Rector  of  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Cross,  Stateburg 

Rarnwell  B.  Sams,  Rector  of  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Apostles,  Barn- 
well, aad  Missionary  to  Blackville. 

Julius  J.  Sams,  Rector  of  St.  Thomas  and  St.  Dennis. 

Joseph  B.  Seabrook,  missionating  in  St.  Paul's  Parish,  Stono. 

Peter  J.  Shand,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Columbia. 

James  Stoney,  Rector  of  the  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  Yorkville. 

P.  F.  Stevens,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Black  Oak. 

Paul  Trapier,  Profet-sor  in  the  Diocesan  Seminary  at  Camden. 

Richard  S.  Trapier,  Rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  John's  Island. 

Albert  R.  Walker,  Rector  of  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Comforter,  Sum- 
ter, and  of  St.  Philip's  Church,  Bradford  Springs. 

C,  Bruce  Walker,  residing  in  Columbia. 

Edward  T.  Walker,  Rector  of  St.  Helena  Church,  St.  Helena  Island, 
and  officiating  in  Edgefield. 

Joseph  R.  Walker,  D.  D.,  Rector  pf  St.  Helena's  Church,  Beaufort, 
and  officiating  in  St.  Matthew's  Parish. 

J.  V.  Welch  (Deac'jn),  Missionary  to  Negroes  in  Claremont  Parish. 

Arthur  Wigfall,  Rector  of  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Trinity,  Uraham- 
ville. 

Robert  Wilson  (Deacon). 

Also, 

Richard  Johnson,  of  the  Diocese  of  Georgia. 


CLERGT   CANONICALLY    CONNECTED    WITH    THE    DIOCBSB. 


Bishop 


1 


Priests       .........  68 

Deacons  .........        4 

Total 73 


LIST  OF  THE  CLERGY  OF  THE  DIOCESE  OF  GEORGIA. 
The  Right  Rev.  Stephen  Elliott,  D.  D.,  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  Georgia,  ftnd 

Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Savannah. 
The  Rev.  Theodore  B.  Bartow,  Chaplain  in  the  United  States  Navy. 
Samuel  Benedict,  Rector  of  James'  Church,  Marietta. 
Edmund  P.  Brown,   Rector  of  Christ  Church,  St.  Simon's,   and  St 

David's  Church,  Glynn.     P.  0.  Mount  Pleasant. 
George  U.  Clark. 


APPICNDIX    i: 


I.I.ST    OF    TlIK    CI.KUGV.  4  0 


Tlie  Rev.  William  11.  Clarke,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Augusta. 

Charles  II.  Coloy,  Assistant  Minister  of  Christ  Church,  SavaniKili. 
(ieorgo  W.  Easter. 

John  D.  Easter,  Missionary  to  Sparta,  Greensboro'  and  Madi.-Mi. 
John  yielding,  residing  in  South  Carcdiua. 
Andrew  F.  Freemau. 
W.  T.  Fitch. 

J.  Harden  George,  Missionary  at  Cutbbcrt. 
Charles  A.  Grant,  Missionary  in  Northwestern  Georgia. 
William  II.  llarison,  Hector  of  the  Church  of  the  Atonement,  Augu>  'a  . 
AVilliam  N.  Hawks,  Rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Columbus. 
William  T.  Helms. 

M.  H.  Henderson,  D.  D.,  Rector  of  Emmanuel  Church,  Athens. 
Telfair  Hodgson. 

John  J.  Hunt,  residing  in  Marietta. 
Richard  Johnson,  residing  in  South  Carolina. 
Samson  D.  Laney  (Deacon),  residing  in  Columbu?. 
George  Macauley,  Rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Albany. 
Cameron  F.  McRae,  Picctor  of  St;  John's  Church,  Savannali. 
John  Xeely,  residing  in  Augusta. 
Samuel  J.  Pinkerton,  residing  in  Augusta. 
John  T.  Pryse,  Principal  of  Montpelicr  Female  Institute. 
H.  Kollock  Rees,  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Macon. 
T.  Jefferson  Stalcj',  Marshallville. 
Francis  R.  Starr,  Rector  Zion  Church,  Talbotton. 
Charles  W.  Thomas,  Rector  of  St.  George's  Church,  Griffin. 
William  C.  Williams,  Missionary  to  the  Colored  People  on  tlie  Ogee- 
chee  River.     P.  0.  Clarksville. 

iMCUGV    CAXOXICAfeLV    CONNKCTEI)    WITH    THE    DIOCKSE. 

Rishop  .........         1 

Priests       .........  29 

Deacons  .........         2 

Total      ........  :;2 


LIST  OF  THE  CLERGY  OF  THE  DIOCESE  OF  ALABAMA. 

The  Right  Rev.  Richard  Hooker  Wilmcr,  D.  D.,  Mobile. 
The  Rev.  A.  G-.  Bakewell,  New  Orleans. 

"    J.  M.  Banister,  Church  of  the  Nativity,  Iluntsvillc. 

T.  J.  Beard,  St.  James'  Church,  Eufaula. 

AYilliam  Binet. 

11.  A.  Cobbs,  Rector  of  Church  Home  School,  Mobile. 

R.  II.  Cobbs,  St.  Paul's,  Greensboro'. 

William  D.  Christian  (Deacon). 

Thomas  A.  Cook,  Talladega. 

George  F.  Cushman,  D.  D.,  Exeter,  New  Hampshire. 

F.  W.  Damus,  Mobile. 


50  JOURNAL  OF  THE  GENERAL  COrXCII-. 

"ihe  llcv.  John  Y.  Gholson,  St.  MichacFs  Cnureli.  Fauns'lo.'.e. 
J.  B.  Gray,  Trappe,  Maryland. 
F.  R.  Ilanson,  St.  Andrew's,  Macon. 
James  S.  Jarratt,  Missionary,  Green vill-j. 
F.  B.  Lee,  St.  Paul's,  Carlowvillc. 
Edward  MacClure,  Greensboro'. 
J.  A.  Massey,  D.  D.,  Trinity  Church,  Mohilc. 
A.  Menceos,  St.  John's  in  the  Prairies,  Greensboro'. 
John  M.  Mitchell,  St.  John's,  Montgnmcry. 
A.  D.  McCoy,  Kew  Orleans. 
R.  D.  Nevins,  Missionary,  Mobile. 

J.  J.  Nicholson,  San  Antonio,  Texas.  • 

■\V.  J.  Perdue,  St.  Mary's  Church,  Camden. 
William  M.  Pettis  (Deacon),  officiating  at  Tallas.-eo. 
S.  F.  Philips. 

Henry  N.  Pierce,  D.  D.,  St.  John's  Church.  Mobls. 
J.  B.  Eamsdell. 

J.  M.  Robertson,  St.  John's,  IluntsvP.le. 
11.  Sansom,  D.  D. 
J.  A.  Shepherd,  Texas. 
S.  U.  Smith,  St.  Mark's,  Fork,  Eutaw. 
J.  F.  Smith,  St.  Paul's,  Lowndesboro'. 
J.  B.  T.  Smith,  Florence. 

W.  A.  Stickney,  Missionary,  Faunsdule  P.  ('. 
J.  ir.  Ticknor,  St.  Paul's,  Sclma. 
J.  C.  Waddill,  St.  Peter's,  Benton.     Total.  :;G. 

X.  B. — ''Letters  Dismissory''  have  been  issued  to  the  llcv.  Messrs.  A.  G_ 
Bakcwcll,  William  Binet,  G.  F.  Cushman,  D.  D.,  A.  D.  McCoy,  J.  J.  Nicholson, 
and  J.  A.  Shepherd;  but,  inasmuch  as  no  notice  has  been  received  of  the  ac- 
ceptances of  said  "Letters"  by  the  Ecclesiastical  Authorities,  their  names  are 
still  recorded  as  belonging  to  the  Diocese  of  Alabama.  y 


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